For history we have to right a letter back to our family in england about how those peoples lives changed. What are some things that changed??How did life change for the people in America after the revolutionary war??
The frontier opened up. Look up when the first states were admitted after the original 13. The Declaration of Independence was in 1776 but is not part of our law. More than one of the original 13 were scrambling with constitutions. New Jersey's constitution was written without the pronouns %26quot;he%26quot; and %26quot;his%26quot; when referring to landowners qualified to vote. So, widows and orphaned women with property were able to vote in NJ from 1776-1807.
Your teacher will not know that so have a source. Get an online copy of the NJ constitution of 1776.
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Changing the subject, if I have given you insight, please use it. If you are in middle school or high school, know this: you have more power now to change our presidential elections than your teachers and your parents because you are registered in school to vote in class elections. Your parents and teachers can only vote in local, state and federal elections. They have to contribute to get the campaigns to legislators before they can get changes enacted.
You can adopt a better voting system and we will get it for our elections. When you have a moment this weekend, check out instant runoff voting (IRV).
Good luck with your letters. Sounds like fun. If your library has Encyclopedia Britannica's Annals of America, you will find many letters back and forth from both sides of the Atlantic and both sides of the war.
