The word "revolution" suggests a violent break with the past. But there was nothing in the @American @Revolution that changed the basic nature of the American people. It simply cut the ties that bound the colonies to Great @Britain. It did create some new types of work, and some soldiers came back to new jobs when the fighting ended. But the part of the country that fought in the war, and the area it affected for any length of time were fairly small. It is therefore safe to say that, in general, the mass of the people remained about the same after the war as before. Those who had careers went back to them, if they had ever stopped in the first place. Shop owners reopened their stores. Merchants went back to trading, and farmers returned to the fields.
The country as a whole was in pretty good condition. And the people were fairly comfortable. At the least, there was no general distress or poverty.
