American Revolution: The New Nation

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By 1789 American society had been fundamentally transformed. However, the new nation was far from perfect. The new nation had not adopted a radically democratic form of government, but had not yet developed a fully independent and thriving economic system and although old social order had not been fully over thrown, the war had gone a long way toward equalizing society. Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War in 1783. The 13 colonies were now free to come together to form the United States. This also meant that the new nation was now free to create their own laws and establish their own government. This was the most important effect of the American Revolution. After years of preparing and worrying about war While it may seem that white…show more content…
Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case, but the seeds of change had been planted. The Revolution triggered a movement that many African Americans may have thought would never come. Due to the shift in intellectuaclimate and religion many slave owners began to realized that slavery was agains what they fought for. As many white men began to doubt slavery, African Americans took it as an opportunity to petition for their freedom. The war itself also aided in their freedom. Many African served during the war because it carried the promise of freedom. Many african American witnessed the rise of free slaves and that helped the enslaved African Americans become bolder in their efforts to become…show more content…
Although white men knew slaver was wrong and went against natural rights, they refused to emancipate. Once free African Americans had to face new challnges, the prejudicm that came ith being a different skin color. They face discrimination everywhere they went including jobs and school. This forced them to rely on their own recources. African Americans were far from equal but they had began their own revolution. Another social group who did not reach equality were the Native Americans. They stayed nutural during the war in hopes to over throw the rule of the Amwricans. State governments gave away thereir land and many tribes struggle to to take control of their homeland. Native Ameiricans did not widsh be apart of the American culture they wanted everythinh Americans wanted when they went to war with the british. Native Americans wanted to create their own laws and have their own freedom within their land, something that they would not be getting anytime
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