Section 2-4

Why did John Adams believe a legislature should have 2 houses?

one to represent the people and another to protect

What was manumission?

voluntary freeing of enslaved people

When did emancipation become a major issue in the North?

After the revolutionary war

Where did most loyalists who left the US go after the Revolution?

British North America

How did Mary Ludwig contribute to the Revolution?

She carried pitchers of water to soliders

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious freedom?

Thomas jefferson

where were the first three constitutions that established and elected a governor, senate and assembly?

Virginia, New York and Massachusetts

How did the stories of the revolution and its heros affect Americans

helped them think they belonged to the same group

What traditional beliefs about wealth did the new republican government contradict?

that wealthy people were better

How were freed African Americans discriminated against in the terms of employment?

they had trouble finding people to hire them

How did the Revolution benefit some enslaved Africans?

Many got freed from slavement

What advances in education did women make after the Revolution?

Many schools for girls were funded

What is a republic?

a form of government power resides with body of citizens to vote