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This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution. [ 138 ] In the mid-20th century, historian Leonard Woods Labaree identified eight characteristics of the Loyalists that made them essentially conservative, opposite to the characteristics of the Patriots. [ 139 ]
Spurred on by the Second Great Awakening, Americans entered a period of rapid social change and experimentation. New social movements arose, as well as many new alternatives to traditional religious thought. This period of American history was marked by the destruction of some traditional roles of society and the erection of new social standards.
The Marshall Court and Cultural Change, 1815–1835. White, Leonard (1951). The Jeffersonians, 1801–1829: A Study in Administrative History. The Macmillan Company. Wilentz, Sean (2005). The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln.
The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution, 1774–1781. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299002039. Jensen, Merrill (1943). "The Idea of a National Government During the American Revolution". Political Science Quarterly. 58 (3): 356– 379. doi:10.2307/2144490. JSTOR ...
The Confederation period was the era of the United States' history in the 1780s after the American Revolution and prior to the ratification of the United States Constitution. In 1781, the United States ratified the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and prevailed in the Battle of Yorktown , the last major land battle between British ...
The United States sat in a unique position in relation to the emergence of 19th century Radicalism due to its founding as a democratic republic in the American Revolution. Many of the reforms radicals advocated for in other countries had already been enacted in the United States, particularly under the administration of Andrew Jackson . [ 1 ]
The "Gilded Age" that was enjoyed by the topmost percentiles of American society after the recovery from the Panic of 1873 floated on the surface of the newly industrialized economy of the Second Industrial Revolution. It was further fueled by a period of wealth transfer that catalyzed dramatic social changes.
A portrait of George Washington during the French and Indian War Benjamin Franklin's political cartoon Join, or Die called for colonial unity during the French and Indian War and reemerged several decades later in support of the American Revolution Territorial changes following the French and Indian War; land held by Britain prior to 1763 is ...