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1 of the American Revolution
LEGACIES of the American Revolution

2 of the American Revolution
Legacies of the American Revolution Primogeniture and Titles Southern states abolished primogeniture laws after the Revolution and all state legislatures banned aristocratic titles. Women of the Revolution George Washington: Republican Soldier Religious Freedom republicanism Slavery

3 Slavery IN THE NORTH: GRADUAL Emancipation Compensation for Owners
Black Suffrage Free Black Settlement (NJ)

4 Meanwhile, slavery became even more entrenched in the South.

5 Northern Emancipation
VT MA NH NY CT RI PA NJ Official end of slavery 1777 1783 1799 1784 1780 1804 Actual end of slavery 1777? c.1845 1827 1848 1842 1865 % Black 1790 0.3% 1.4% 0.6% 7.6% 2.3% 6.3% 2.4% 7.7% % Black 1860 0.22% 0.78% 0.15% 1.26% 1.87% 2.26% 1.95% 3.76% Source: BACK TO Legacies of the Revolution

6 Anglican Church disestablished in VA
Religious Freedom Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786) Anglican Church disestablished in VA Jefferson

7 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786)
“...no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever… but that all men shall be free to profess… their opinions in matters of religion…” Jefferson’s Epitaph

8 Women in the Revolution
Contributions Consequences Molly Pitcher Nancy Morgan Hart Abigail Adams BACK TO Legacies of the Revolution

9 Women in the Revolution
Molly Pitcher BACK TO Women in the Revolution Battle of Monmouth June, 1778 About 100˚F Over 100 died of heat stroke “Molly, Pitcher!” According to the legend, she took her husband’s place at an artillery piece when he fell wounded. Painting by C.Y. Turner

10 Women in the Revolution
Nancy Morgan Hart Georgia Patriot British soldiers demanded that she cook them a meal… she did… but in the end, they got more than a meal! Hart County, GA Only Georgia County named for a woman By Christian M. BACK TO Women in the Revolution

11 Women in the Revolution
Abigail Adams BACK TO Women in the Revolution "I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could.” -- To John Adams (March 1776) LINK to Adams Correspondence

12 [r]epublicanism Virtue Patriotism Education Popular Sovereignty
Representative Government Consent of the Governed Limited (Constitutional) LIBERTY

13 [r]epublican motherhood
BACK TO Women in the Revolution Strong Families = Strong Republic “Big R” Republican Motherhood 19th Amendment: 1920

14 George Washington [r]epublican Soldier
FAIL Agrarianism Fasces Plow Washington, as sculpted by Jean-Antoine Houdon Republican Virtue “American Cincinnatus” Article from Colonial Williamsburg Site

15 Agrarianism

16 EPIC FAIL By Horatio Greenough, 1840

17 Painting of Cincinnatus (U.S. Capitol)
"American Cincinnatus" Painting of Cincinnatus (U.S. Capitol)

18 “General George Washington Resigning His Commission”
"American Cincinnatus" “General George Washington Resigning His Commission” John Trumbull, 1824

19 Statue of Cincinnatus Cincinnati, OH Houdon’s Washington

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