Read this essay that debates whether the American Revolution was actually a revolution. How do the scholars to whom this author refers define a revolution? Do these definitions make sense to you? Why or why not? Do you agree with her conclusion? Why or why not?

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/revolution/revoxx.htm

At the end of this article, she argues that how radical the American Revolution actually was remains an open question. One way to consider this issue is to examine how far American leaders did or did not travel ideologically over the course of this period, which many historians would argue concludes with the ratification of the Constitution rather than the surrender at Yorktown. We can do that in part by comparing the text of the Articles of Confederation with that of the Constitution. How different were these two documents in their language? How different were the governments they created for the United States? Based on these changes, would you characterize the American Revolution as radical? Why or why not?

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/artconf.htm

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/usconst.htm