However, worldwide opinion is that the Declaration of Independence of America granted rights and privileges only to an exclusive group of white, and also male, property owners. Therefore, the newly independent America, was a far cry from the original 'beacon of freedom' that it was intended to actually be, and one of the very major drawbacks of the newly written Constitution of America, that most patriots of America at the time believed to be the virtual envy of the entire world, did nothing to disallow slave trade, and slave trading was not abolished until the year 1808. (Gowland, 2003, p. 7).

             In fact, the First President of America, George Washington, raised revenue for his newly formed country through a tax that was levied on the import of slaves. The discrimination against Africans continues unabated in America, to this day, and therefore, it can be safely and forcefully stated that the American Revolution still has a long way to go, and it is only if and when all the citizens of the country are given an equal status will America be a truly free and democratic country, that would supposedly serve as an inspiration for the entire world. (Gowland, 2003, p. 7) .

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             John Murrin wrote an essay on the American Revolution and its effects. He used the term 'counter-cyclical revolution' to describe the American Revolution, and he also states that the primary cause of the Revolution lay in the failure of the British government to convert its success during the French and Indian Wars to a good policy for North America; it rather started to attempt to amalgamate and combine all its separate and individual parts into a single legal and administrative as well as an economic whole. The Colonists, quite naturally reacted badly to this offer, and they not only started to eulogize whatever they had in common with each other but also whatever was separating them from their own mother country. This led to a growing sense of discontent, which could only lead to growing hostility and disaffection towards the British regime.