After American Revolution?

Question

Which of the social changes brought about the Revolution was most significant? Could the Revolution have gone further toward the principle that "all men are created equal" by ending slavery or granting women's rights?

Should the "Founding Fathers" general elitism and indifference to the rights of people, women, African-Americans, and Indians be held against them? Or should they be viewed with more understanding in their historical context?

Answer 1

That's a great question and one that I've pondered often. I finally just came to the conclusion that the men of 1776 were products of their environment, just as we are today. The educated elite were cut mostly from the same cloth as to gentried upbringing, educational backgrounds, and most importantly, their views of the world at large. Slavery was merely an economic means to an end, Indians were savage, and women mostly (but not always) were substandard citizens meant by God to bear children. We are judging them based on modern thought, not on historical context. Society evolves generation by generation, as our children and grandchildren will evolve further from our school of thought today. To answer your question, though, the biggest social change was the right for people to govern themselves without a distant King to make all decisions.

Answer 2

The banishing of titles of nobility was very significant. It was thought at the time that this wiped out hereditary aristocracies, but people of wealth simply replaced aristocrats as the people with the most status. In this sense the USA was and is at least partly a plutocracy.
The Bill of Rights was also very significant, as was the doctrine that soverignity rests with the people, not with the government. People today would do well to remember that Thomas Jefferson said that the tree of liberty needs to be watered every 20 years with the blood of tyrants.
However, in the interests of forming a real country, the delegates made a deal with the devil, which was to continue to allow the existence of slavery. The idea of granting voting rights to women was simply beyond them.
They were savage in their treatment and views of Native Americans. They could have followed the example of William Penn, but they chose instead to follow a policy of robbery and chicanery. Genocide, even. Their treatment of the Cherokees was particularly nasty, as the Cherokees admired white achievements like the possession of a written alphabet, common law, town meetings, newspapers, and so on. The Cherokee tribe tried very hard to live like whites, but they were robbed anyway.
The racism of the period poisoned the entire country. That too they can be held responsible for, as they did have superior moral models to follow, especially from the Quakers.

Answer 3

First of all it was the American War For Independence. No one in the colonies sought the overthrow of King George III or his government. The Declaration of Independence was a "divorce decree". It never said we were rebelling. Merely that there comes a time when one people must dissolve the bonds which connect them with another people.
The Founding Fathers weren't elitists. Yes, they were educated men. But they were also the product of their time and were nurtured in the bosom of a great empire. The social change they brought was a republic which could stand on its own, without the guidance and oversight of that empire. The revolution was in the creation of a Constitution some ten years after gaining independence which had Article V included in it which permitted amendments without overthrowing the government. There is where all of the expansion of civil rights came from.
BTW, I know this is probably a homework assignment. Given the structuring of the questions, you can pass on to your professor or teacher that I believe he is engaging in evangelization of his political views and not in teaching!

Answer 4

It probably feels adore it. Our 2 political events have very distinctive recommendations as to what those United States must be and I do not think we will be able to be each. It is fun to me that our variations are throughout disorders that have been confronted via different Countries already. In Europe, as I realize it, there's motion clear of social spending considering that the Governments have identified the investment imbalance it creates. In China(the 'Communists') they've little or no social spending considering that they cannot find the money for it. I discover it exciting that only a few men and women have performed the exact math, should you upload up the budgets for Government Health Care Spending(or many different locations of spending) you discover we already spend extra in keeping with capita than many Countries with Universal Coverage. Go Figure! Some men and women believe the 'Bill of Rights' was once a decide on & pick buffet. Each enumerated Right will spark pages of dialogue. I love my land up to any Patriot, however it's for the Constitution I have Passion, and I have sworn to aid & guard it towards all enemies, international & home. In the top regardless that, the one geographical divide that sort of exists is among the Urban & Rural, and that's no longer cast. Any civil unrest might no longer fairly coalesce into struggle strains, so I believe we could simply must paintings it out. We would cross right into a 'tough patch' someday quickly and might be it is going to be referred to as a Revolution, however no longer all out struggle, I pray no longer!