Revolution or Reformation: Assessing the Limits of Radical Change in the American Revolution

Revolution or Reformation uses a variety of Colonial-era sources to demonstrate how the American Revolution was limited in its social and cultural change despite its common understanding. This interpretation provides a framework for understanding the United States in its social and cultural aspects from the Revolutionary period to the end of the Antebellum period.

This essay was written for Dr. Jason Sellers’ HIST 131 class at the University of Mary Washington.