During the war, women adopted the ideals of Republican Motherhood in order to instill nationalist values in their children. This is seen in propaganda such as the woodcut of a patriot women, which portrays a colonial woman with a musket (Document A). However, women such as Molly Wallace believed a woman’s role extended beyond the duties of motherhood and desired a higher position in society (Document J). Furthermore, the post Revolutionary era brought about societal progress for some slave regions. In 1787, The Northwest Ordinance declared that “There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory” (Document H). In contrast, the loyalists or the “tories,” experienced a negative change in society after the war. After the revolution, those who were loyal to the British were despised and never allowed to “return to this happy land” or “taste the sweets of the independence which they strove to prevent” (Document
During the war, women adopted the ideals of Republican Motherhood in order to instill nationalist values in their children. This is seen in propaganda such as the woodcut of a patriot women, which portrays a colonial woman with a musket (Document A). However, women such as Molly Wallace believed a woman’s role extended beyond the duties of motherhood and desired a higher position in society (Document J). Furthermore, the post Revolutionary era brought about societal progress for some slave regions. In 1787, The Northwest Ordinance declared that “There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory” (Document H). In contrast, the loyalists or the “tories,” experienced a negative change in society after the war. After the revolution, those who were loyal to the British were despised and never allowed to “return to this happy land” or “taste the sweets of the independence which they strove to prevent” (Document