The Revolution Impacts Society

After the Patriots won the war in 1781 with the help of the French. British were struggling and paying high taxes to pay the war. In 1782 a new prime minister appeared that made peace and by 1783 they recognize American's independece and signed the Treaty Of Paris. Leaving left behind The Natives Americans, Women, loyalists and black slaves. The Revolution made a big impact in society. The British after the revolution tried to protect the loyalists. They were approximayely 90,000 loyalists, 20,000 of them were formers slaves and 45,000 left to Canada and find refuge.

The Revolution not only affected society in a bad way, it expanded the United States and The Dominion Of Canada increasing the population. Benjamin Frankling in the Treaty Of Paris had negociated the West Appalachians land. Forcing the Native Americans to leave their massive tracks of land in exchange for Peace and Freedom. By 1790, in Tenesse and Kentuky they were approximately 100,00 americans living in the west. Now in day Native Americans live in reservations with problems of unemployment, and alcoholism.

After the war ended women got a little bit of respect and were called the "Republican Mothers" but it wasn't enough. John Adams' wife Abigal Adams fought for womens rights. She wrote him a letter to her husband to remind him of womens rights, but he didn't took it seriously. Women by that time were not allowed to vote, only widows could vote in New Jersey and could not have properties, everything belong to their husbands. On the other hand they were a lot of changes for the African Americans. Patriots viewed slavery as natural. Lincoln in the south signed at the south slavery as ilegal in the Emancipation Proclamation to free a slave from bondage. At the South many americans would sell the slaves to the North. In Maryland and Virgina they voluntary free their slaves by manumission. By 1810, 20,000 southern slaves had been free.