7. the revolution within
Week 7 Requirements:
Reading
Assignment
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week 7 - learning objectives
1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution.
2. Describe how the expansion of religious liberty after the Revolution reflected the new American ideal of freedom.
3. Explain how the definition of economic freedom changed after the Revolution and identify who benefited from the changes.
4. Explain how the Revolution diminished the freedoms of both Loyalists and Native Americans.
5. Describe the impact the Revolution had on slavery.
6. Explain how the Revolution affected the status of women.
week 7 - questions to contemplate
• What did Abigail Adams mean when she wrote to her husband, “Remember the ladies”? Did she believe in the modern notion of equality of the sexes?
• Discuss how the struggle for American liberty emboldened various groups of colonists to demand more liberty for themselves.
• How fully did Revolutionary-era Americans embrace the concept of religious freedom? What evidence can you cite that indicates that the young republic was committed to religious freedom? What evidence is there that there were limitations to religious freedom?
• Discuss the irony in the American call for freedom at a time when America was a slave society.
• The Revolutionary War was empowering for some women. Discuss the various ways that women were able to express greater freedoms and liberties. How did the idea of “republican motherhood” elevate a woman’s position? What limitations on freedom did women in the new nation encounter?
• Comment on the title of the chapter: “The Revolution Within.”
• Discuss the Indians’ Revolution, comparing white freedom to Indian freedom. How did the removal of the British and the newly formed United States affect the Indians?
• Discuss the ideas of economic freedom brought about by the American Revolution. What influence did Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations have on American leaders and society? Compare Smith’s ideas on the free market to the economy in today’s United States and the globalizing world.
• Discuss how the Revolution affected the Loyalists and the various circumstances that led to their leaving the United States. What country or other colony seems like the best place to escape for a Loyalist?