The American Revolution (1775-1783) is often regarded as one of the most significant events to take place in United States history, it marked the official dissociation between Great Britain and America. Though, the importance of this event does not lay in the pride mustered by winning an unlikely victory, or in the ingenious wartime strategies and efforts put forward by the clearly inferior American militia, but in the impact it had on post-Revolution American society. Following the American Revolution, every group within America’s newly independent society experienced monumental changes in previously unquestioned political, economic, and social structures, for better or for worse America would emerge from the Revolution dramatically transformed from their previous state.
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This development was possible because even before the country gained independence from Britain, the right to vote had always at least been remarkably widespread among landowning white males. During these years the right to vote was defined by traditional British principles: Only men who had 50+ acres of land in their name and held concern for the welfare of their communities were allowed suffrage. After the Revolution came the abolition of property qualifications for voting. Homeland politics were often interfered with by the authority of the British parliament, even after the Revolution some British influences lingered within the colonies. As best described by Document B from the Pennsylvania Packet in 1779 Pro-Revolution Americans also referred to as Patriots sought to rid their nation of “every baneful wretch who wishes to see you fettered with the chains of tyranny”, or Loyalists, because allowing their being in their newly independent nation almost felt too similar to being under British rule. In other words, Patriots wanted to remove
The American Revolution …show more content…
This development was possible because even before the country gained independence from Britain, the right to vote had always at least been remarkably widespread among landowning white males. During these years the right to vote was defined by traditional British principles: Only men who had 50+ acres of land in their name and held concern for the welfare of their communities were allowed suffrage. After the Revolution came the abolition of property qualifications for voting. Homeland politics were often interfered with by the authority of the British parliament, even after the Revolution some British influences lingered within the colonies. As best described by Document B from the Pennsylvania Packet in 1779 Pro-Revolution Americans also referred to as Patriots sought to rid their nation of “every baneful wretch who wishes to see you fettered with the chains of tyranny”, or Loyalists, because allowing their being in their newly independent nation almost felt too similar to being under British rule. In other words, Patriots wanted to remove