1. Impacts of the American Revolution

2. Treaty of Paris 1783 United States borders defined
Loyalists to have their property returned
British to remove all troops from American soil
Americans to pay all debts owed to British merchants from before the revolution
Americans gain fishing rights off coast of Canada

3. Map of United States as of 1783

4. The problems facing the Loyalists
Many Loyalist were harassed and threatened during the war, many had their property seized by state governments.
Many Loyalist fled to Canada or England after the war .
Most states never returned Loyalist property,even though it was stipulated in the terms of the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

5. Loyalists were harassed and threatened before, during and after the war

7. Revolutionary Ideas Spread
Many of the revolutionary leaders were concerned that the ideas of freedom and equality would go too far and women, blacks and other minorities would demand equality.
While they wanted political freedom from Britain, they did not think political equality for everyone was a good idea. To them, equality was meant for white male property owners.

8. Three Areas of Revolutionary Impact
Social - Women’s Rights, Slavery
Political - Voting Rights, Primogeniture
Economic - Land rights, Expansion, End of Mercantilism

9. Impact of American Revolution on Women
“Remember the Ladies” Abigail Adams’ letter to John Adams demanding rights for women.
Molly Pitcher - Mary Hays fights for the Patriots after her husband is killed in battle
Massachusetts allowed women to own property
New Jersey gave women the right to vote until 1807
For the most part, women did not gain many rights until after the Seneca Falls Convention which started the Women’s Rights movement in 1848

10. Molly Pitcher - Mary Hays at the Battle of Monmouth

12. Impact of Revolution on Slavery
Many slaves joined the British and left for England after the war.
The Philadelphia Anti-slavery Society was formed in 1775 by Quakers
Some slaves fought for the Patriot side.
Some southern slaveowners emancipated their slaves after the war
Massachusetts outlawed slavery in 1783, other northern states also did away with slavery after the Revolutionary War

14. Slave and
Free states
in 1820

15. Political Rights
Originally only white, male property owners could vote
Vermont allowed freed blacks to vote
Some states required membership in a Church to vote such as Virginia which only allowed Anglican Church members to vote
Eventually property and religious qualifications were removed.

16. Voting in early America.
Who could vote?
What were the qualifications for voting?

17. New Economic Opportunities
Proclamation Line gone so Ohio Valley land came open to new settlers.
Primogeniture laws were removed which allowed land to be inherited by 2nd or 3rd sons.
American merchants were now free to trade with any country - British mercantile system was no longer in place

18. Daniel Boone leading
American settlers
across the Appalachian
Mountains into
Kentucky. After the American Revolution, many American settled in the Ohio Valley.

19. Conclusion:
The American Revolution freed America from Britain’s control. The enlightened ideas of freedom, equality and the right to property that the revolution was based on caused many Americans to expect these rights to be applied to everyone. Although it did not happen immediately, the ideas were planted and in time would become part of the American experience.