Why Did The American Revolution Shaped The Early Republic

From 1789 through 1860 many important events happened during the American revolution to shape the early republic. During this time period there were many debates dealing with slave rights and the natural law, which is the moral principles regarded as a basis for all human lives that they possessed. This started to created tension between the white people at that time. An example of a debate would be when James Otis put into question that everyone is born free no matter the color of their skin. Throughout this time there were many events that began affecting the views of slaves and slavery itself. For example, in 1832 Kentucky put an end to buying and importing slaves. Many important events led up to Kentucky deciding to move away from slavery. During the year of 1831 there were many things that made it clear for the whites that slaves were ready to fight for their freedom. Nat Turner, a black slave who planned a rebellion, was the most important event to take place during the American Revolution who help put an end to slavery because without him whites would have never
For example, George Tucker, the white Virginian that wrote a letter to the Virginia assembly talking about slavery and what he thought needed to be done. He wrote in fear that a war might break out if tighter controls were not put into action. The plan he envisioned was to emancipate the slaves and colonize them all on the west side of the Mississippi river. He thought that if they were put over there they would not have any contact with the whites on the East. He also wanted tighter controls on the slaves to protect whites from any rebellions that might take place because he also recognized how slaves were starting to become more educated and had an equal or greater ability to fight and this posed a serious threat to the