The Constitution in American Life: Featuring the Friends of Publius
Four educators connect U.S. history, politics, Supreme Court decisions, political culture, and the Center for Civic Education’s We the People curriculum to the challenges of modern democracy. Listeners gain perspective on how the Constitution continues to shape American life.
The Constitution in American Life: Featuring the Friends of Publius
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”?