The Industrial Revolution lead to more jobs for women outside the home and the Second Great Awakening lead to more rights for women. Due to these developments in the 1800s, women’s roles and opportunities in the work place, the family, and society were significantly altered. First, in the world of economics, women began to have more opportunity to be self-sufficient and more than a simple housewife. Due to the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing became a prominent aspect in the economic success of the United States. It provided more jobs, especially in mills.
Marriage started to be viewed as a union of two equal people seeking love, happiness and stability in the 19th century. The women's rights movements of the 19th century were responsible for changing society's attitudes towards women. The change in the role of women in the society came from an acknowledgment of the voice about the condition of women in the society (Helgren & Collen, 2010). The social and political movements in the French and the American Revolution also made women realize how a change from collective points of view could result in radical changes. Women's roles began changing drastically after a greater emphasis was made to change the traditional bound functions of women.
Socially, the American Revolution only slightly changed America. The Enlightenment led to the questioning of British monarchial rule and the belief that the power of the government should come from the people The British government completely imposed on these ideals so Americans decided to rid themselves of British rule and establish their own rule based on democratic ideals by issuing the Declaration of Independence. It stated that “all” men are created equal. However, these beliefs were slow to be initiated and changes were not seen for several decades. Women were traditionally seen as the caretakers of the house and the family.
The Articles played an important role by proving a strong central government was not to be feared, it was a necessity. Following the Revolution, Americans desired to be free from burdensome taxes, to have a market economy and, most of all, not to be manipulated by a distant head of state. The former colonies existed as 13 individual republics, only tenuously as a union. The Constitution, which would not be written until 1787, declared supremacy over state laws, let the federal government tax the people and gave power to an executive. Because of this sharp contrast in ideology, it is clear the Constitution would not have been ratified immediately after the Revolution.
Women and Revolution The American Revolution brought changes to women in a lot of ways. Not only were they having to tend to what their husband's and sons left behind such as farming, but they also had to look after the remaining children if their were any and themselves. This is what helped women become so independent and not so dependant as the text said that men thought they were. As for the great need for women to be educated was the coming of industrialization. And with it, economy.
It gave the people of the state the right to decide whether they wanted to legalize slavery or not. Because of this act many pro slavery and abolitionists rushed to the territory in an effort to establish their point of view. There were many conflicts that took place in battles between the two sides during this period. There were killings and fights and in one instance an anti slavery raid led to the killing of a man and his sons who had no slaves or no dealings with slaves. Popular sovereignty, the last remaining moderate solution to the controversy over the expansion of slavery, had failed dismally in Kansas (Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff, 2005).
It is evident the the role of government is becoming more important because society is depending on the government to solve the lasting problems of the economy, in politics, and social reforms. Franklin D. Roosevelt was confident that the New Deal program would fix these issues but many Americans including Herbert Hoover and Huey Long questioned the role of government and offered their own conjecture about the New Deal. The New Deal is aimed to stimulate the industrial recovery, to assist the victims of the Depression, to raise the quality of life standards and further to prevent future
And while there is a litany of reasons that caused the English colonists in America to start the revolution, there are some that had they been handled differently there may not have been a revolution at all. The three main reasons for the American Revolution were the English economic policy of mercantilism, the French and Indian Wars (Seven Years War), and the feeling of having no control over policies affecting the colonies i.e. “no taxation, without representation”. Firstly, during the late 1600’s the English economic policy of mercantilism (the belief that there was only so much wealth in the world, and that government must defend, and acquire wealth in a militaristic strategy, albeit using tools other than the actual military). This policy led England to view the American Colonies as nothing more than a source of raw materials, and a market for manufactured English goods.
From the beginning they were poorly treated, treated as though they were not real people, and had a sense that they would never actually be free in America. Americans found slaves invaluable and when they fought the war of 1812, southern plantations suffered dramatically. At the time of Douglas’ speech more slaves started to speak out and even violently act out against their enslavement. The abolitionist movement became very strong with slaves rebelling and white plantation owners fearing the loss of their slaves. Frederick Douglas helped them rise to power and was able to give them their own voice, their own beliefs but the last slaves were not freed until 13 years after Douglas speech in 1865.
A Brief History of The African-American Ethnic Group in America Like many ethnic groups currently residing in the United States, African-American ancestry is drawn from another continent. In the formative years of America, African-American ancestors were forcibly immigrated here to be made into slaves of their captors. According to Facts On File , “slaves were generally compelled to work long days doing backbreaking labor. As adequate clothing, food, and medical attention were generally not provided to slaves, death rates were very high. The laws of most states barely acknowledged slaves, and they were denied virtually every legal privilege, including the right to bring lawsuits or testify in court trials, the right to vote, and the right to marry.” (1, para.