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American Revolution Impact On Society

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The American Revolution began in 1765 and ended in 1783. The Revolution started after the British took over America and created their own colonies. At this time in America the Native Americans occupied the land, but the British used their oppressive forces to kick them out and take over. America was now filled with white Englishmen who wanted to create a society like Britain’s with the King at the top having absolute power. People were stringently divided among class, race, religion and gender; there was only segregation and discrimination. Not long after, the people of the colonies began to hate the oppression of the King. They wanted a democracy and created the term “Americans.” The people of America wanted to create a radical movement that resulted in social change. The American Revolution altered American society by eliminating divides and causing people to fight for the Patriot cause, but the creation of the Constitution made society take a step back to their original boundaries.
The American Revolution changed the perspectives of race and religion, but still discriminated against people of color. America originally categorized immigrants by race by the country they were from. Germans, Irish, Scots, Welsh, and English all were their own race, not white. When the Revolution began, the term “American” began to rise. People that were against the British were now categorized as one race. There were not races based on countries anymore, everyone was seen as white. They all

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