How Did The American Revolution Change Society

The American Revolution changed society in many ways. The enlightenment led to a new ways of thinking that sparked ideas on how people deserve to be governed. Many events and outcomes set the stage for a democracy in the newly independent U.S. A desire for change triggered by the American Revolution, ignited fundamental change socially, economically, and politically in American society. To begin with, the 13 states had a relatively small amount of social change. The first issue that was addressed during this time period involved women. The war caused many women to question how they were being treated and their role in society. Document A shows a patriot women during the eve of the war being over. This shows that many women thought that …show more content…
Different Indian tribes took two very different stances on how they reacted to the white men. The Chickasaw Indians Document C took a friendly stance towards the Americans. They desired to be "brothers" with the Americans most likely because they were concerned about how the new government was going to treat them. This likely led to the acculturation policy under Washington because he assumed the Indians would want to be apart of American culture. On the contrary, Indians displayed their displeasure with Americans at the United Indian Nations speech at the confederate council in 1786 (Document E). Here the Indians express their anger in not being included in the Treaty of Paris (1783) with Britain and how they are not pleased with the way Americans have set up different treaties/policies with different Indian tribes. This displeasure with Americans led to an unsuccessful attack by "Mad" Anthony Wade at the Battle of Fallen Timbers which was only worsened with the Treaty of Grenville in 1795. The events that occurred from 1775 to 1800 set the stage for rocky American- Indian social …show more content…
Document H, an article for the Northwest Land Ordinance, discusses the banning of slavery in states/territories northwest of the Ohio river valley. This represents a new concept of freedom for all, which which is a step towards permanent change for the US. However, that would not come at once. Document H while showing changes towards freedom, also triggered the opposite. For example, the fugitive slave law. The fugitive slave law stated that runaway slaves may be lawfully returned to their owners. Although, the north was showing signs of them opposing slavery, they did not oppose the return of fugitive