▁political ▁system ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁w inners ▁of ▁free ▁elections , ▁which ▁were ▁open ▁to ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁white ▁men . ▁In ▁the ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁coming ▁of ▁the ▁Revolution , ▁histor ians ▁in ▁recent ▁dec ades ▁have ▁mostly ▁used ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁approaches . ▁ ▁The ▁Atlantic ▁history ▁view ▁places ▁the ▁American ▁story ▁in ▁a ▁bro ader ▁context , ▁including ▁revolution s ▁in ▁France ▁and ▁H ait i . ▁It ▁tends ▁to ▁re integr ate ▁the ▁histor i ograph ies ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ▁and ▁the ▁British ▁Empire . ▁ ▁The ▁" new ▁social ▁history " ▁approach ▁looks ▁at ▁community ▁social ▁structure ▁to ▁find ▁cle av ages ▁that ▁were ▁magn ified ▁into ▁colonial ▁cle av ages . ▁ ▁The ▁ide ological ▁approach ▁that ▁cent res ▁on ▁republic an ism ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Republican ism ▁dict ated ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁no ▁royal ty , ▁arist ocracy ▁or ▁national ▁church ▁but ▁allowed ▁for ▁continu ation ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁common ▁law , ▁which ▁American ▁law y ers ▁and ▁jur ists ▁understood ▁and ▁approved ▁and ▁used ▁in ▁their ▁every day ▁practice . ▁Histor ians ▁have ▁exam ined ▁how ▁the ▁rising ▁American ▁legal ▁profession ▁adapted ▁British ▁common ▁law ▁to ▁incorpor ate ▁republic an ism ▁by ▁select ive ▁revision ▁of ▁legal ▁custom s ▁and ▁by ▁introdu cing ▁more ▁choice ▁for ▁courts . ▁ ▁First ▁British ▁Empire ▁and ▁Second ▁British ▁Empire ▁The ▁concept ▁of ▁a ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁British ▁Empire ▁was ▁developed ▁by ▁histor ians ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ,. ▁Tim othy