The American Revolution was not only successful because of the soldiers who fought in the war, but it was also successful because of the men that created the ideas and institutions that helped form and maintain the new country of the United States. The American Revolution represented a partially radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions through documents made during the years of 1775-1800.
Many radical ideas and institutions came from three major documents in American history. These were the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of the Confederation, and the Constitution. In the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, there were three major radical ideas.