Impact of the Revolution Objective: Describe how the War for Independence profoundly changed American society.

Abolition of Aristocratic Titles State constitutions abolished old traditions of Europe No legislature could grant titles of nobility No primogeniture Many aristocratic estates prior to the war were subdivided and sold to raise money for the war Many states abolished property qualifications needed to vote

Separation of Church and State Most states refused to give any money to any one religious group Anglican Church disestablished (Church of England) throughout South Three states (Mass, CT, and NH) continued to support Congregational Church (Puritan) until 1830s

Slavery Quakers founded nation’s 1st anti-slavery society in Philadelphia Abolition of slave trade called for and adopted by most states Northern states emancipated (set them free) slaves However, throughout the next decades, many Southern slaveholders believed slavery was necessary for their economical survival and would defend the institution

Women Abigail Adams asked her husband to “remember the ladies”

Abigail Adams to John Adams March 31st, 1776 "I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation. That your sex are naturally tyrannical is a truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute; but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up -- the harsh tide of master for the more tender and endearing one of friend. Why, then, not put it out of the power of the vicious and the lawless to use us with cruelty and indignity with impunity? Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the (servants) of your sex; regard us then as being placed by Providence under your protection, and in imitation of the Supreme Being make use of that power only for our happiness."

Republican MOTHERHOOD Key Concept 3.3.III.c Enlightenment ideas and women’s experiences in the movement for independence promoted an ideal of “republican motherhood,” which called on white women to maintain and teach the republican values within the family and granted women a new importance in American political culture.

Republican Motherhood Idea of “Republican motherhood” took root Women had important role as mothers to raise cultivated citizens that would model republican behavior Educational opportunities for women expanded

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1837—Mary Lyon founds:

Abolitionist movement / Suffrage

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Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 Wrote The Declaration of Sentiments Pushing for equal rights including suffrage (the vote)

Classical view of a model republic Enlightenment Thinking Govt. gets its authority from the citizens. A selfless, educated citizenry. Elections should be frequent. Govt. should guarantee individual rights & freedoms. Govt.’s power should be limited [checks & balances]. The need for a written Constitution. “E Pluribus Unum.” [“Out of many, one”] An important role for women  raise good, virtuous citizens. [“Republican Womanhood”]. Classical view of a model republic Enlightenment Thinking The “Virtuous Republic” Ideal citizen [Cincinnatus] “City on a hill” [John Winthrop]