How Did The Revolutionary War Change The American Life

The Revolutionary War was also known as the American War for Independence fought between Great Britain and the original 13 colonies; Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia. The Revolutionary War was fought for independence from Britain and unity of the colonies; this eventually led to the development of the United States as an independent nation. The American Civil War was a war between the Union and the Confederate States, mostly over the practice of slavery.
The Constitution was tested by the Civil War and the national sense of unity was weekend but the American life was changed forever. The most dramatic change was the destruction of slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln was instrumental in this life changing event. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. President Lincoln was against the
The North fought for moral reasons concerning slavery while the South fought to protect their right to own slaves.
Lincoln believed slavery went against the principle that “all men are created equal.” He believed the act of slavery was “immoral” but he waited to issue an anti-slavery proclamation until he could gain support from the public. After the Union won the Battle of Antietam, in September 1862, Lincoln made the announcement to his cabinet that he would issue an emancipation proclamation. The so-called border states would be exempt for having slaveholders and remaining loyal to the Union. On September 22 the president announced that slaves still in rebellion within 100 days would be free.
Lincoln issued a second Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. This proclamation declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebel state “are, and henceforward shall be