Topic > Essay on Patriotism and Independence - 1502

As far as social issues are concerned, the practice of slavery, established well before the Revolutionary War, continued during and after its completion. The continuation of slavery was largely due to the Great Compromise of 1787 which delayed any further debate on the abolition of slavery until the year 1808. Ironically this "compromise" would contribute greatly to another American war (the Civil War) almost a hundred years later. . Similar to the continuation of slavery, women's roles in society remained largely unchanged during the Revolutionary War. Although women began to challenge traditional beliefs about their gender, the establishment of the new American republic allowed only white males full citizenship. Women were still considered legally unequal to their spouses and remained disenfranchised even after the war. As for political continuity, Americans began structuring their governments in republican styles starting in the early 1760s, and continued to do so through the American Revolution. Although the American Revolution erased all political ties to Great Britain, the republican forms of state government that existed before the war generally remained in place under the Articles of Confederation. In other words, the political structure that American leaders have chosen to manage their state