Many look at the American Revolution as a great turning point in history that signified the change for the better of history. However, as a revolution, it’s given far more credit than deserved. First, we must look at the word revolution. What does it entail and give off meaning of? Revolution is defined as a forcible overthrow of a government or social order for a new system. A political revolution is a complete change from one constitution to another. But how does this definition fare in comparison with the American Revolution? Well, while some achievements were made that can be considered worthy of the word “revolution”, not as a general whole statement was the American Revolution in fact a revolution. Overall, the “Revolution”, was more so about independence than revolution. It was less about what the ruled were getting but about who was ruling them. There were some achievements that may be looked at as revolutionary. These include model constitutions. These model constitutions made by individual colonies can be viewed as revolutionary. It is defined as the change of one constitution to another. The Britain ruling can be considered a “Constitution”, and the colonies remake was the change. Also, a few new ideas such as separation of church and state and democratic-republican governments were established. However, more actions happened for independence. The founding fathers stated there would be equality for all; “All men are created equal”. But how much of this did they really mean? After Britain lost its hold on America, voting rights did not change. Only white men with property could vote. Women as well as men without property were not allowed to have a say. In fact, all women attempts for equal rights failed. Their efforts were shut down by the unwilling men of “Revolutionary America”. Also, slavery continued, especially in Southern or border states. Blacks, in addition to Indians were not included in American systems, but shunned. Indians, although inhabitants of the “American” lands long before the “Americans” were, were excluded from any decision making. Many more promises were made than actually