http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/colonial-society Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 26 May 2026 02:55:01 -0400 Tue, 26 May 2026 02:55:01 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/387/the-formation-of-new-social-conventions-in-early-america By Sujay Kulshrestha - Early American society experienced moments of great change, politically, economically and socially. With the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Americans shattered previous paradigms of political thought, providing the opportunity for a new form of government to emerge from the ruins of tyrannical oppression. The founding fathers set up this new republic to be, simply put, a government for the people, by the people. This atmosphere of revolution and self-determination extended itself from the political arena to the social arena−Americans began to question longstanding social practices... Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:57 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/387/the-formation-of-new-social-conventions-in-early-america