The American Revolution was certainly a war for independence rather a Rebellion. Many group throughout American Society has been victims of not having independence. To name a few there were workers, women, loyalists as well as African Americans who were victimized. These groups suffered a fight for liberty and ways you would never imagine.
Women in The American Revolution played a big part. Women barely had any rights to do anything. "Deborah Sampson, the daughter of a poor Massachusetts farmer, disguised herself as a man an in 1782, at age twenty one enlisted in the Continental army".(Foner 241) Sampson can be viewed as being dedicated and brave because, when she was shot in the war she removed the bullet herself so avoid being …show more content…
Women were not viewed as equal to men and to this day they still are not. "To fulfill the role of wife and mother and the custodian of virtue in the home, a woman needed education”. (Course Packet 75) Meaning that a woman can not have a child, be married nor be an republican without having some sort of education. Benjamin Rush informed women, " to be an agreeable companion for a sensible man. Rush basically is telling women that they 're better off just being yes sir and no sir to their husband and let them do all the heavy political work because they are not it for the …show more content…
A Rebellion is a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. A rebellion is also knowing as a dramatic and wide range change. The American Revolution was a wide range of social changes between women, workers and loyalist. Although they changed they had t go to war to fight for what they believed in, in order for this change to occur. By the end of the war mores segments and society became interested in political ideas and structures. Women and African-American been interested in politics; they just were not afforded the right to take action. Every state created a constitution that so that there would be a balance of powers. This is known as checks and balances, in which prevents one branch of government form becoming too powerful. People that were governors had fewer power than other. Although they may have had fewer power they power matters more. The rights to vote were given to slaves as well as women. Southern states gained land ownership. Northern states gained tax requirement. Women were afforded the right vote and participate in political