The document summarizes how the American Revolution changed politics and society in the new United States. It discusses the establishment of a republican form of government with power held by elected representatives. It also notes that many new state constitutions limited government power and guaranteed certain individual rights. Additionally, it describes how women took on new roles running households and businesses while men were at war, and some also served as nurses or spies. African Americans gained freedom as well, either through escaping or earning it by fighting for the Continental Army, and some northern states began abolishing slavery after the war.

1. Chapter Four: The American Revolution
Section Four: The War Changes American Society
A. New Political Ideas
1. When the United ____________ became __________, they
established a new type of ________________.
2. Republic – a ______________ in which the power resides with
a group of voting ____________.
a. New State Constitutions
b. Many states wrote_______________ after independence.
c. Many of these ___________ the power of the government
and _______________ certain rights to the _________.
B. The War and American Society
1. Women
a. Women took over ________, businesses, and families while
the _________ were away during the ________.
b. Some __________ with the __________, serving as nurses
or __________. Others served as ________ and even
fought in __________.
2. African Americans
a. Many gained their ___________. Some were freed by
the ___________, while others earned their
___________ fighting in the Continental
____________.
b. After the war, some ____________ states began
_____________ slavery.