Assessing the American Revolution

In this episode, the Friends of Publius discuss whether the American Revolution was a social revolution, a political revolution, or both.  This question is from Unit 2, Question 1 of the Center for Civic Education’s We The People curriculum.  Historian Gordon Wood wrote that in “destroying monarchy and establishing republics, they [the Founders] were changing their society as well as their governments.”* In your opinion, was the American Revolution both a political and a social revolution?  -What evidence is there that the American Revolution led to lasting changes in social structures, values, or institutions?-In your view, how have later generations carried forward, or struggled with, the ideal of forming “a more perfect union”?