The American Revolution was an event that could only have happened under certain crucial circumstances. Britain's taxation of the colonies as a way of paying their war debts reinforced an emerging sense of American identity and helped to precipitate the American Revolution. Resistance to the cr...

The American Revolution, as written by historian Gordon Wood was "as radical and as revolutionary as any in history." Twenty- first century definitions of the word radical are: thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms; favoring drastic poli...

Sociology Essay How useful is the concept of 'elite' for understanding the distribution of power in either Britain or the United States? Introduction In America perhaps only race is a more sensitive subject than the way we sort ourselves out in the struggle for success. The e...