Results of the American Revolution
“The Revolution was effected before the War
commenced. The Revolution was in the minds
and hearts of the people; a change in their
religious sentiments of their duties and
obligations. This radical change in the
principles, opinions, sentiments, and
affections of the people, was the real
American Revolution.”
John Adams
WHAT WAS THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION?
A POLITICAL AND
INTELLECTUAL
EVENT
 DEFENSE OF
POLITICAL IDEALS
AND PRINCIPLES
 PRESERVATION OF
LIBERTY AGAINST
TYRANNY

A SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC EVENT
 HOME RULE AND
WHO RULES AT
HOME
 ECONOMIC DISTRESS
 SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL TENSION
AMONG CLASSES

The Treaty of Paris 1783
Recognition of Independence
 Removal of British Troops
 Defined American Borders
 Fair Treatment of Loyalists

AMERICAN
BOUNDARIES
NORTH – SOUTHERN BORDER OF CANADA
EAST – ATLANTIC OCEAN
SOUTH – NORTHERN BORDER OF FLORIDA
WEST – MISSISSIPPI RIVER
THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG, 1777
The Articles of Confederation, 1777
Problems and Accomplishments
One vote per state
 No executive
 No taxing power
 State sovereignty

Successfully fought
war
 Land Ordinance of
1785
 Northwest Ordinance

COLONIAL CHURCHES
Decline of Anglicans and Quakers
Improves Roman Catholic Church
PHILADELPHIA HARBOR
ECONOMIC LOSSES AND GAINS
1.
2.
3.
4.
Excluded from British Mercantile System
No Protection of British Navy
Locked out of British Markets
Inflation
1. New Markets in Asia,
Caribbean, South
America
2. Beginnings of Domestic
Manufacture: Fabric,
Shipbuilding
THE IDEA OF FREEDOM – ENSLAVED PEOPLES
1. Dislocation created opportunity for escape
2. British enabled many to leave the country
3. Smuggling of British guns to slaves
4. Revolution rhetoric spread anti-slavery
sentiment in North/rationale for slavery
in South
“Liberty is the jewel which was handed down to man from the cabinet of heaven.
Even an African has equally good right to his liberty in common with Englishmen.
Shall a man’s couler be the decisive criterion whereby to judge of his natural
right?”
African American Lemuel Hayes, New England, 1776
THE IDEA OF CITIZENSHIP - WOMEN
1. Disarray of war required women to assume
male tasks
2. Camp followers provided services to Patriot
army
3. Served cause as spies, message carriers, soldiers
4. Home manufacture contributed supplies
5. Boycotts of goods and participation in civil
disturbances
6. Impoverishment
Mercy Otis Warren
“America has fought for the boon of liberty. It was now the
duty of the wise and patriotic characters who had by
inconceivable labor and exertion obtained the prize, to guard
it on every side that it might not be sported away by the folly
of the people or the intrigue or deception of their rulers.”
UNION
BOUNDARIES
CHURCHES
ECONOMY
SLAVERY
WOMEN
Results of the American Revolution
CREATION OF A UNION
 REORIENTATION OF RELIGION
 REDEFINED ECONOMY
 GROWING TENSION OVER SLAVERY
 CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
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