American history: revolution

AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE MIDDLING WHITES Student`s Name Name of Lecturer Name of Institution AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE MIDDLING WHITES Introduction The American Revolution cannot be considered to be a great social revolution when it is compared with the revolutions that occurred in Russia and China in early 18th century. When a social revolution takes place, there is a complete overhaul of the pre-existing systems. However the revolution also had some consequences that changed the history of America as it resulted into the creation of a republic when the monarchial society was removed. This revolution also resulted into the attainment of a new political significance to the middling Americans in terms of their participation in politics and other economic activities. The revolution also made it very difficult for the elites to openly belittle the less privileged and the middling white Americans. The number of middling white men who were in...