In my younger years, I thought I was a child growing up in a time of a colonist rebellion. As I grew up, I merely followed what my mother and father believed in—detesting most of the townspeople for all their boycotting. But all that time, I had still been immature. Now I know better. My name is Hugo Bade, and I flourished at the heart of the American Revolution. Read my journal entry below.
After the events of the American Revolution, the American call for life, liberty and the pursuit of freedom paved the way for new ideas. Constitutions were created in each state and privileged white men could vote for what they believed in. Furthermore, religious freedom was given as the church was separated from the state. For the first time, a colony had won independence from its parent country, and it would spark revolution for many others. However, the most political impact was the most influential and important change of this revolution. It showed the world that countries could be ruled by ordinary people, instead of royals and nobles. Moreover, the first president of the United States was elected to be George Washington. His title, Mr. President, had been unheard of in any country before. Finally, in America, where and who you were born to did not conclude your destiny, and opportunities flourished for many.
On the contrary, the American Revolution did not establish the well-needed idea of equality. For almost a hundred years after the revolution, slavery was still expanded on. While many from the North turned towards paid labour, the South relied entirely on slave labour. So in spite of the seemingly radical steps taken toward fair identity, America was still ruled by rich, white, and land-owning men who dominated in both society and politics. Additionally, the Native Americans were pushed further into the country and disregarded, as the British had been the only ones who had prevented colonists from moving onto Indian lands. Though the American Revolution was a world-changing event that paved the future of other countries, change came too slowly for many of the people in need.