How Radical Was the American Revolution?

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, being radical is "of, relating to, or constituting a political group associated with views, practices and policies of extreme change". With that said, I believe the American Revolution was very radical because we were going against everything; from the taxes imposed by Great Britain to the multiple acts from our mother country. We wanted the British out of America so we could be an independent nation at last. Most of America wasn't satisfied with the fact the Great Britain had taken over the country so we reacted in a way that was considered "extreme" or radical to achieve a state of independence.