Importance Of The American Revolution

Register to read the introduction… It is evident in the difference between what they had to say at the end of the war and what they had to say three years later. In the Chickasaw Chiefs' message to Congress at the end of the war that they had high hopes for repairing their relationship, despite the assistance they had given the British (Doc. C). However, three years later, it is obvious that the Americans had no intention of reconciliation. In a speech at the Confederate council, one Indian said "It is now more than three years since peace was made between the King of Great Britain and you, but we, the Indians, were disappointed, finding ourselves not included in that peace…" (Doc. E) From this time on, the relationship between the Indians and the Americans spun out of control, eventually resulting in the decrease in Indian population and loss of their native land.
Economically, the war had very few positive effects. The debt caused by the war was immense and caused a devastating depression for the few years. The government attempted to solve this problem on their own, but it took a while for them to succeed. In Abigail Adams' letter to Thomas Jefferson, the tension caused by the debt is very …show more content…
The changes brought about during these times laid the foundation for the strong government of today. Although their first attempt at a Constitution did not succeed, the Articles of Confederation was a very important document in American history. It was ratified in 1781 and lasted until 1789. It had a weak central government and faced problems such as Shay's Rebellion, the Newburgh Conspiracy, a large amount of debt, and other problems with farmers, merchants, artisans, and manufacturers. There were four main reasons the central government faced these