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Change over time historical analysis in American society and culture from 1700-1812

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  • Religious revolution in 1700

    Religious revolution in 1700
    In the early 1700’s there was the period of the great awakening, where Protestants of the formal religion broke away from the mother church. There was an introduction of other methods of Christianity. There was a revolt especially in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. These middle colonies may have been active because they were not as active in formal religion as other parts of the country.(Corbett PhD, P Scott and Janseen PhD. Volker eds., U.S History (Rice University,2016)

  • Slavery in America

    Slavery in America
    In the early 1700’s slavery was prevalent in the English colonies. Slaves where traded from Africa to America and Europe. Many showed defiance by protesting their master’s enslavement by running away and forming resistant communities . Although the Negro act of 1640 was passed in South Carolina to better control and make the slaves accountable and punished for breaking these laws.(Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863; Presidential Proclamations, 1791-1991)

  • Changing women roles in society

    Changing women roles in society
    In 1760’s,women had more subservient roles in society . They were homemakers and child caretakers, while men went to make a living. During the revolution women took upon dual roles of being homemakers and performing masculine tasks like making weapons of war, while the men were at war. Esther Reed formed the Ladies Association of Philadelphia, which helped raise money to help provide supplies for the men fighting the revolution war.(Reed, Esther, Sentiments of an American woman. 1780)

  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence
    In Philadelphia in 1776 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams wrote the declaration of independence. This was an effort to separate from Britain. In this declaration it was written that all men are created equal.(Thomas Jefferson, "The Declaration of Independence," Historic American Documents, Lit2Go Edition, (1776), accessed June 26, 2017, http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/133/historic-american-documents/4957/the-declaration-of-independence/.)

  • Fight for equal rights for women in 1776

    Fight for equal rights for women in 1776
    In Massachusetts in 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to president John Adams, asking for equal rights for women. This was met with resistance from him. Judith Murray and Mercy Warren championed women’s causes as well. As a result women were given the right to vote and strive for gender equality Today, women’ earn almost as much as men and have almost equal rights.“Women’s earnings compared to men’s earnings in 2014.” (BLS.gov. last modified November 30,2015 https://www.bls.gov )

  • Naturalization act of 1790

    Naturalization act of 1790
    In 1790 the Naturalization act was put in place and it stated that in order to be an American citizen, one had to be white and be of good character. This exempted any other race outside of the Caucasian race. In 1870, the naturalization act was revised and modified to include people of African descent Today any one of any racial or religious origin born in America is an American citizenhttps://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2002/summer/immigration-law-1.html