The Revolution Impacts Society

The British tried to protect their loyalists allies. About 90,000 including 20,000 former slaves became refugies. The majority ended up settling in the british northern colonies, known as Canada. Meanwhile, native americans were stunned that the British had forgotten about them. The Treaty of Paris didn't mention them either. There were two treaties made by indians and americans where they lost a vast track of land; 


Fort Stanwix-1784 was an important treaty between North American Indians and the British Empire. It was signed in 1768 at Fort Stanwix, located in present-day Rome, New York. It was negotiated between Sir William Johnson and representatives of the Six Nations (the Iroquois). The purpose of the conference was to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and British colonial settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763. 
 Hopewell-1785 is any of three different treaties signed at Hopewell, (the plantation of Andrew Pickens on the Seneca River in northwestern South Carolina) between the Confederation Congress of the United States of America and Cherokee (1785), Choctaw and Chickasaw (1786) indigenous nations. The site of Treaty Oak is on Old Cherry Road in Pickens County, South Carolina. There is a historical marker before reaching the bridge crossing Lake Hartwell. There is a trail through the forest that goes to the monument. The actual Treaty Oak is no longer alive.


Since the king was not there, the settlers moved west to take over the land. In 7 years, more than 100,000 Americans lived in Kentucky and Tennesse. The revoluton was a complete disaster for the indians.


Women were also impacted by the revolution. They started to gain political right, but most importantly, respect. They were now called the mothers of the revolution rather than the daughters of liberty. Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, in the constitutional convention, asking him to please remember the ladies. John loved her, but he ignored her request. Widows could vote but only in New Jersey, and wives could not make contracts or have properties. 


This was all very sad, I would have divorced my husband if he ignored my generous petition!


One of the mothers of revolution:


Margaret Catharine (Kate) Moore (1752–1823), later known as Kate Barry, was a heroine of theAmerican Revolutionary War. She was daughter of Charles and Mary Moore, and the eldest of ten children. She married Andrew Barry in 1767 at the age of 15, and lived on Walnut Grove Plantation in Roebuck, South Carolina during the 18th century. Kate was instrumental in helping to warn the militia of the coming British before the Battle of Cowpens in 1781. According to legend, she tied her newborn baby to the bedpost while she rode out to warn neighbors that the British were coming.