Free blacks in northern states sought to utilize the progressiveness of the Revolution and its fundamental ideals as grounds to push forward their claims to the same rights that all other men claimed when the founding fathers wrote the declaration of independence. In an antislavery petition in Massachusetts, the writers stated that they wrote on behalf of the large black community which were still enslaved in many parts of the country, “that they …show more content…
This struggle for political independence, and equality in some cases, became the first anti-colonial revolution in history. The citizens of the thirteen colonies supported and demanded their ultimate exemption from British rule in order to pursue their own personal desires; women and people of color could strive for equality, men could create a citizen-based democratic government, and all could fulfill the new opportunities that presented themselves with self-empowerment. Because the demands and wishes of the citizens could not be met by the King, the United States declared itself independent and free to seek the American Dream that was