Confederation Dbq

The Colonists were able to win the war through a multitude of things, including; the alliances they gained, the influence of the minorities such as women and Indians, the ideas of federalism versus confederation, and the growth of the democratic spirit. The Colonists gained alliance with the French and the Spanish in hopes to conquer the British and gain their freedom. The women and the Indians were two separate forces that influenced the Colonists to push on in the war, through completely different methods of motivation. The Articles of Confederation helped structure America as a confederation, however, this did not work out, and through slight modifications, these articles became the backbone of the American Federal Government. The democratic

These two groups were the women and the Indians. The women helped support the war in many different ways, these included; hand-making supplies necessary for life, becoming self-sufficient, educating themselves, and going as far as dressing up as men and fighting on the front lines. The Indians, on the other hand, were sided more heavily with the British forces. The British managed to convince the Indians that the Colonists would kick them out after the war, but if the British won, they could have all of their land back. This led to the Indians lashing out and going as far as scalping the Colonists and torturing them in the name of Britain. However, the Colonists believed that they were superior to the natives and had many men who believed that all the Indians should be dead, which developed into plans to kill all of them

Their hunger was fed with their ideas of social freedoms. They believed that God was the source of all freedom and rights, so to know him and his plans, they needed to know nature. As a result of this, the Colonists often believed in deism, or the belief that spirits led the ways of life. Because of the deism, it was seen that there were spirits of democracy, freedom, and reform. The democracy was seen in the urge to vote and be heard amongst the colonies. The freedoms were brought about in forms of religion, speech, publications, and education, a big movement here was Thomas Jefferson’s start of the University of Virginia. Finally, the spirit of reform was seen in the writing of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the enlightenment era, where the colonists saw the error of their ways and became determined to overcome the opposition of the