THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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It decreased the fighting between settlers and Indians, because the settlers were fighting the British.
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Most Indians sided with the settlers, who had promised to keep the colonists in the East.
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Most settlers sided with the British who had promised to help fight the Native Americans.
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It increased the fighting between settlers and Indians, leading the settlers to claim more Native American lands.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did the Revolutionary War affect the relationship between settlers and Indians? It increased the fighting between settlers and Indians, leading the settlers to claim more Native American lands.
Detailed explanation-2: -Over the years, the Indians who remained in America were forced to give up most of their land. Even the two Iroquois nations who had fought with the Americans-the Oneida and the Tuscarora-were persuaded to sell their lands and move west as more and more whites intruded on their territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -The successful Revolution brought on a depression in the United States, as England closed her markets to American trade or raised her tariffs on American goods and poured manufactured goods into American markets, selling these goods at far lower prices than American manufacturers could charge.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Revolution opened new markets and new trade relationships. The Americans’ victory also opened the western territories for invasion and settlement, which created new domestic markets. Americans began to create their own manufacturers, no longer content to reply on those in Britain.
Detailed explanation-5: -What was the impact of the American Revolution on Native Americans? Due to the Revolution, many Natives lost large amounts of land. The loss was particularly hard for tribes that had sided with the British during the war, and some Americans held violent grudges against the Indians.