The American Revolution as a conservative movement.

The American Revolution , while it may have been the first war that was started to actually put into practice some ideas that previously had only been talked about, did not have any ideas that were new. Nothing really changed as far as the average man was concerned, after the revolution. Slaves were still enslaved, Indians were still considered savages, women were not given equal rights and the governments were still basically the same, except now …

…college and the idea of a representative democracy were created. In the end, the American Revolution was more about political reforms and taxes than about true freedom. The revolution was a rich man's revolt, not truly a revolt of the people so, as a result, the people who were in charge (the rich) sought to change little about the society that already favored them. And why did they need to? They were already on top.