Problem
1. Describe the ways and reasons why the institution of slavery, while never eliminated, began to weaken and erode some during the Revolutionary era.
2. How revolutionary and drastic (or not) was the impact of independence on American society? Describe both some of the areas of social-political change on the one hand AND areas of continuity and stability on the other hand, in American society before and following the Revolution.
3. How did republican ideology give women more civic responsibility and political importance, even though they still could not vote or hold public office? Explain the legal rule of "feme covert" and concept of the "Republican Wife and Mother."
4. What were the Alien and Sedition Acts? What caused them? Do you believe they were they justified? Were they constitutional?