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Eralba Meshi 1. Did the legal rights and other important rights change for women after the Revolution? The American Revolution did not bring about significant changes in women's legal rights or status. While some women were able to take on new roles during the Revolution, such as running family farms or businesses while their husbands were away at war, they were still largely excluded from political and legal rights. It was not until the 19th and 20th centuries that women's suffrage and legal rights began to improve significantly. 2. In what ways did racism impact the attitude of whites toward slavery? Racism played a significant role in the way that many white Americans viewed slavery. The belief in white supremacy led many to see slavery as a necessary evil, or even a positive good because it allowed white people to maintain power and control over people of color. This attitude persisted even after the Revolution and was a major factor in the struggle for abolition. White Americans who opposed slavery were often motivated by moral or religious principles, rather than a belief in racial equality. The racism inherent in American society at the time made it difficult for many white Americans to envision a society in which people of different races were truly equal. 3. How did the end of the Revolution impact the way the Native Americans were treated? The end of the American Revolution had a significant impact on the way Native Americans were treated. During the Revolution, many Native American tribes allied with the British to resist American expansion. As a result, when the war ended and the British ceded their territory to the United States, Native Americans found themselves in a precarious position. The new American government, eager to expand westward, saw Native American lands as a barrier to progress and sought to acquire them through treaties or, when necessary, through military force. This led to a long history of conflict between Native Americans and the US government, with many tribes being forcibly relocated from their ancestral lands or subjected to other forms of mistreatment. Overall, the end of the Revolution marked the beginning of a new era of conflict and dispossession for Native Americans. 4. How was the view of religion impacted by revolutionary ideas? The American Revolution had a significant impact on the view of religion in the United States. Prior to the Revolution, most colonies had an official state church and religious affiliation was often a requirement for holding public office or receiving certain privileges. However, the Revolution challenged these traditional notions of religion and state. The ideas of the Revolution emphasized individual liberty, including freedom of conscience and the right to worship as one

Eralba Meshi pleased. The new American government sought to avoid the establishment of an official state church and instead enshrined the principle of religious freedom in the First Amendment to the Constitution. This change allowed for a greater diversity of religious beliefs and practices to flourish in the United States. The Revolution also had an impact on the way that some Americans thought about religion itself. Many of the Enlightenment ideas that influenced the Revolution emphasized reason and skepticism, which led some Americans to question traditional religious beliefs and institutions. This led to the growth of new religious movements, such as Unitarianism and Universalism, which emphasized individual conscience and reason over traditional dogma. Overall, the Revolution marked a significant turning point in the way that Americans thought about religion and its role in society. It paved the way for greater religious diversity and allowed for a greater degree of individual freedom in matters of belief and worship. 5. Why did many European observers believe that the American Revolution would allow America to become the most formidable power in the world? There is little doubt that the American Revolution of the 1770s and the formation of a republic in the 1780s served as a profound example to all European observers. Hundreds of books, pamphlets, and public lectures analyzed, romanticized, and criticized the American rebellion against Great Britain. For instance, in 1783 the Venetian ambassador to Paris wrote that "it is reasonable to expect that, with the favorable effects of time, and of European arts and sciences, [America] will become the most formidable power in the world." 6. What was the lesson that Europeans learned from the success of the American Revolution? Those Europeans who dreamed about the dawn of a new era were fascinated by the American political experiment. The thirteen colonies began with a defensive revolution against tyrannical oppression, and they were victorious. The Americans showed how rational men could assemble to exercise control over their own lives by choosing their own form of government, a government sanctified by the force of a written constitution. Liberty, equality, private property, and the representative government began to make more sense to European observers. If anything, the American Revolution gave proof to that great Enlightenment idea - the idea that a better world was possible if it was created by men using Reason. 7. What did the success of the American Revolution allow Europeans to dream of the dawn of a new era? It added new content to the conception of progress. It gave a whole new dimension to ideas of liberty and equality made familiar by the Enlightenment. It got people into the habit of thinking more concretely about political questions and made them more readily critical of their own governments and society. It dethroned England, and set up America,

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