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Winds of Change: America's Revolutionary Evolution

Discover the impacts of the American Revolution on democracy, religious freedoms, and women's rights. From the Virginia Declaration of Rights to the movement against slavery, explore how state constitutions and the concept of "Republican motherhood" reshaped the nation.

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Winds of Change: America's Revolutionary Evolution

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  1. Results of Revolution Winds of change

  2. Movement toward democracy • Lessening of some voting restrictions. • Elimination of primogeniture. • Vicrginia declaration of rights. (1776) • Gains in the fight for separation of church and state. • Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom (1786). • Movement against slavery.

  3. More ... • Women’s gains. • “Civic virtue”. Who taught the children? • “Republican motherhood” Elevated women as the keepers of the nation’s conscience.

  4. State constitutions • Became the models for later documents. • Followed the ideas of Montesquieu. • Legislative branch usually had sweeping powers.

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