Sunday, October 7, 2007

To what extend did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society?

***The American Revolution fundamentally changed the American society politically, socially and economically by the establishments of the Declaration of Independence, paper currency, Women's rights and slavery.
***The American Revolution brought enormous effects on the Americans society. One major approach to endure in this change is the Declaration of Independence. George Washington declared a change in the society because he thought it was time to become independent from the Britain's crown. "If men were angels, no gov't would be necessary"(Doc.I). This statement supports the reason of wanting independence because being under the Britain's crown was unfair and Americans did not want that type of government any more. This action also led to the American colonies wanting to self-govern their own society.
***Another establishment in the American society was paper currency.At first, the paper currency was not worth any amount at all. Anyone could have put any amount on a coin or bill and people would believe that was worth of the currency. This was not working out because money had no value which led to confusion of the value of money. Some Americans were "crying out for paper currency"(Doc. G). This quote supports the feeling that the Americans had on paper currency because they believed if they had a printed document that states to be owned and published as their own, it would lean on toward of being independent from Britain.
*** Being under the Britain's crown was compared to slavery. Women had not rights in any part of the community unless they were widows. Women in the colonies were compared as being a dog on a leash and demanded not to speak a word unless spoken too. The women was fed up because they felt as if they should not even appear in public since they had no rights. As Molly Wallace clearly explained,"... ought ever to appear in so public a manner,"(Doc. J). This show how women in the society felt useless and unimportant because they had no roles. Also women wanted the same rights as men,"some for an equal distribution of property"(Doc. G). Women in the society was just fed up and wanted equality.
*** The finally factor of how the American Revolution changed the American society is slavery. The Britain's always thought of an easier way to make conduct things. One thing they wanted to make easier was labor, which pin pointed to slavery. The Britain's thought if slaves were placed in their society they would be free of labor and money because slaves did not need much. The Americans thought different. They felt as if all men should be created equal and have the same rights. Which this fact supports the meaning of the Declaration of Independence. The Americans exclaimed that there shall be "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude," (Doc.H). This supports the beliefs of the Americans not wanting slavery and the way they wanted to control their lands.
***There were many factors that fundamentally changed the American society during the American Revolution. Having the Declaration of Independence, paper currency, limitation on Women's rights and slavery were just a few of those factors that sculpted the American Society.

4 comments:

Mr. Brush said...

B,

As I stated in class, this was an unfair DBQ to give to you but I wanted to test whether you would use the DBQ rules. You passed with a "B".

MB

CuteStuf said...

I would give that a "c"

candilion34 said...

Wow ... how did you get into AP US History with that kind of spelling and grammar?

bigdickwhore said...

girl I am so sorry 😭 these comments are outta pocket
hope you're doing okay rn
-fellow current apush student