Chapter 6 Question 3

3. The people who most benefit from American Independence are free householder becauses they have be chances of being a politician and colonize the great West. Many slaves with the american independence gained their own freedom. The people who least benefitted from the Independence are the Indians and any one else who was related to King George III. The anglican Chruch with King George III as it head was very vulnerable. All the anglican chruches were disestablished and it lost many of it rights and tax support. With Thomas Jefferson's Statue of Religious freedom the colonist became more tolerant with different religious groups. Catholics and jews were given tolerance. Basically, with America's independence the government did not pay much attention to chruch and religion. Congress placed not restirction or rules on chruches and religion. Many slaves durin the revolution won their freedom through military service. After Independence slavery sort of distinguished the different areas of the country. Slavery was seperating the north and the South. In the North many slaves became free but not equal with the white population. In the South slavery was increasing. In fact, slaves became a nesscessity to the southern planters especially for the cotton plantations. With Independence the view of women and the relationship between husband wife were changing. In a family, the husband and wife were being seen as equal. Even in society, women are given the same importance as men. More and more women were becoming literated and marriage for property are dicouraged. Also free minds are valued now. Parents were starting to respect children's view. Parent were encouraging individuality which wasn't the case in past because childer were to follow strict rules. The economy of America was very down after the Revolutionary war. Americans could not pay for any of the imports. People could not pay for their taxes, farmers lost crops, livestock, farms and forced into foreclosure. America was drowned in debts. Cosmopolitans and Localists political groups developed after independence. Cosomopolitians were artisans, comericial farmers and former army officers. They looked for a new and energetic government with leniency to returning loyalist. They wanted the government to be on top everthing. They wanted the government to create plans to clear the debt, trading policies and hard money. The localists were farmers, rural artisans, and militia veterns. They the complete opposite of what the cosmopolitians wanted. They wanted debtor relief and paper money. Mostly the localist had the upper hand is society. They won most of the battles with the Cosomopolitians.