The American Revolution Essays (287 words) -

The American Revolution impacted the Colonial Women, African Americans and Native Americans, but they all were impacted in different ways and that also went into more as it changed by the territory in which they occupied. Women began to be more part of the war following along as wives and mistresses and many worked as nurses and cooks. A few disguised themselves and were able to make it into the army and actually see action. In New England woman were seen to be subordinate to men this made Judith Sergeant Murray and many other women question male supremacy. Republican ideology helped to influence the need for women to be educated and in 1789 Massachusetts gave way for funds for girls elementary learning, this was the first state to do so. The African Americans had different outcomes, in the New England region almost half of the families owned slaves, but in the more rural areas agriculture was not relied on by slaves and didnt have politically strong planters. This began demands for emancipation encouraged from the Revolutions natural-rights philosophy. By 1804 3 states had passed the law to allow gradual emancipation which allowed children of slaves to be freed by a certain age. In the south the amount of slaves varied by region. The free black population grew tremendously in the South in the 1780s but no state passed laws for emancipation and slavery continued. The Native Americans fought the whites for their lands and most were torn between the whites and British. They feared being killed and losing their land. While the white pushed their way forward into Kentucky and Tennessee it became worse. The Native Americans wanted to be free and have their land.