2. In 1776, the Revolution was no
longer a political crisis or a colonial
rebellion, as it had began. Now it
was a military victory over Great
Britain and an essential success, but
not for Americans as a whole.
Starting in 1775, transformations
ensued when independence and
formation of new governments took
their rightful place. It brought
about a new vision of the future and
what it might hold for these people.
This transformation was not just for
America’s government, but for
society as whole. Americans had
begun to believe the Revolution was
just a reordering concept of
republicanism.
3. The need for virtue was great and many longed for it.
Republicanism in this light was, no matter how looked at, “a
radical ideology.” The political separation from England lent
itself to a dimension of moral and idealism. Republicanism
intensified the radical way of country ideology, ideology the
Americans borrowed from English society.
The currents of thought were classical and rather quite simple.
It dated back to the decline of the ancient Roman Republic and
is how the ideas and values of the republican lifestyle and belief
system came into society. Renaissance writers also charged
forth in their writings the republicanism way of life. It was
taken to a whole new level and everyone seemed to want a
piece of the proverbial pie.
It was an exciting movement of the Revolution and the values
of classical republicans and images of Americans through
Europeans meshed together.
