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Chapter Introduction
Section 1:The Colonies Fight for Their Rights
Section 2:The Revolution Begins
Section 3:The War for Independence
Section 4:The War Changes American Society
Visual Summary
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Content Vocabulary
• republic
• emancipation
• manumission
Academic Vocabulary
• contradiction • revolutionary
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People and Events to Identify
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• John Trumbull
• Charles Willson Peale
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New Political Ideas
Republican ideals changed American government by allowing some citizens voting rights and granting greater religious freedom.
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• When American leaders declared independence and founded the United States of America, they were very much aware that they were creating a republic.
• Americans believed that each state’s constitution should be written down in order to limit the government’s power over the people.
New Political Ideas (cont.)
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• John Adams argued for the following ideas regarding government:
– a system of “checks and balances”
– “mixed government”—legislative, executive, and judicial branches independent of each other
– bicameral legislature
New Political Ideas (cont.)
Wealth of Elected Officials
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• Many states also attached a list of rights to their constitutions.
• The Revolution led to an expansion of voting rights.
New Political Ideas (cont.)
– The experience of fighting side by side with people from every social class and region increased America’s belief in equality.
Wealth of Elected Officials
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• The Revolution also led to changes in the relationship between church and state.
– Governor Thomas Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, passed in 1786.
New Political Ideas (cont.)
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A. A
B. B
A white male had to own property in order to vote in the United States.
A. True
B. False
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The War and American Society
After the war, women gained more rights, Northern states outlawed slavery, and many Loyalists fled the new nation.
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• Women played a vital role in the Revolutionary War, contributing on both the home front and battlefront.
• Contributions women made:
The War and American Society (cont.)
– Some women took over running family farms.
– Others traveled with the army—cooking, washing, and nursing the wounded.
– They served as spies and couriers, and a few joined in fighting.
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republic
form of government in which power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote