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Essay on Major Impacts of the American Revolution

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The American Revolution was a war fought between Great Britain and the American colonies over independence from 1775 to 1783 which resulted in a fundamental change in American politics, society, and economics. The American Revolution began as a result of Great Britain taxing the colonies to cover the debts accumulated through the French and Indian War. While the majority of the colonies stayed loyal to their ‘Mother Land’, some of the colonist felt resentment toward England. Some colonist felt that England had no right to tax the colonies, while they had no representation in parliament. This created a divide within in the colonies between those who were in favor of independence-Patriots, and those who were still loyal to the Crown- …show more content…

Some of them were crying out for paper currency, some for an equal distribution of property.’ Another debate that heated the colonies was the controversy over the future of agriculture in the colonies. Many thought that America should change into being dependent on commercial manufacturing, while others wanted to keep agriculture the main source of income. Document F shows the Medal of Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture. The symbolism in the medal is that Farming could be symbolized as the nation looking on into the future, suggesting abundance, fertility, and liberty. Socially, the War left many groups of people questioning their role in society. When the men went off to fight the war, the women were left to run the businesses and assume the positions their husbands left behind. Many women, such as Deborah Sampson and Molly Pitcher picked up their rifles fought alongside the men in the war (Document A). After the war, the women were left questioning their subordinate in society. Women were finding their worth, and slowly started to demand more rights. In her valedictory address from the Young Ladies’ Academy of Philadelphia, Molly Wallace discussed the educational opportunities women should be given stating ‘But to what do they amount? Do they not plainly inform us, because we are females, we ought

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