American Revolution Dbq Essay
The American revolution happened 200+ years ago,and still reflects on modern day sentiments; to a certain extent. After breaking away from a Britain, America rethought how they wanted to govern themselves, at first choosing a “weak” central government with strong state governments, and then moved into a strong centralized government with lesser powerful state governments. Women, slaves, and those loyal to Great Britain (Loyalists) experienced a lovely amount of change in the society at that time, but still lacked many freedoms we have today.
After declaring independence away from Britain, Americans wanted their government to not be set up like Britain’s at all. Afraid of tyranny and oppressive rule, they made up their minds. They did this …show more content…
Women, trained in the ideals of Republican Motherhood, instilled values of justice and liberty in their children, and had elevated roles during the revolution. In a carving of a patriot woman,she is depicted carrying a rifle and a gunpowder horn with a flag flown in the back. (Document A), representing how women played strong roles in society by joining the fighting soldiers and in this case even as far as fighting alongside the soldiers in the revolution. By sewing, cooking, selling, taking over some men's jobs,women truly help in the war. Most women were not content to go back to their household chores after the revolution . Molly Wallace a strong, brave woman had this exact mentality, said “if [taught] to read, why not speak?” (Document J), this was targeted to the public, asking for individuals to find a common voice of Patriotism( for freedom and liberty), illustrating how some women wanted to speak out about injustices they felt they received. Why read about others fight for freedom, when they could fight for their own. Unfortunately, women’s suffrage ( rights movements) did not occur for about another 140 years, so they remained shushed for that time. For slaves, depending on the region, there was different changes in society. After the revolution many slaves were set free in the North states though it would take up until way after the civil war for all the slaves in the South states to
After declaring independence away from Britain, Americans wanted their government to not be set up like Britain’s at all. Afraid of tyranny and oppressive rule, they made up their minds. They did this …show more content…
Women, trained in the ideals of Republican Motherhood, instilled values of justice and liberty in their children, and had elevated roles during the revolution. In a carving of a patriot woman,she is depicted carrying a rifle and a gunpowder horn with a flag flown in the back. (Document A), representing how women played strong roles in society by joining the fighting soldiers and in this case even as far as fighting alongside the soldiers in the revolution. By sewing, cooking, selling, taking over some men's jobs,women truly help in the war. Most women were not content to go back to their household chores after the revolution . Molly Wallace a strong, brave woman had this exact mentality, said “if [taught] to read, why not speak?” (Document J), this was targeted to the public, asking for individuals to find a common voice of Patriotism( for freedom and liberty), illustrating how some women wanted to speak out about injustices they felt they received. Why read about others fight for freedom, when they could fight for their own. Unfortunately, women’s suffrage ( rights movements) did not occur for about another 140 years, so they remained shushed for that time. For slaves, depending on the region, there was different changes in society. After the revolution many slaves were set free in the North states though it would take up until way after the civil war for all the slaves in the South states to