In elementary school we are taught that the colonists revolted for the benefit of all people. We were lied too. The phrase “all men are created equal” completely overlooked most of the population. Americans still saw indians as second class citizens, blacks as being only property, and women were nothing without a husband by their side. The word “men” referred to only white, wealthy, landowners. As Davidson phrased in our reading, “Republican Ideology viewed property as the key to independence and power. Lacking property, women and black Americans were easily consigned to the custody of husbands and masters.” Therefore America, a country built upon “Freedom” was little more than a joke played upon the rest of the country that was unfortunate