In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the Revolutionary War held several important consequences for Americans, beyond simply maintaining their independence from Great Britain. George Washington, while certainly a flawed man, continually gave away power when he could have set himself up as a king. Furthermore, the war empowered women with "Republican Motherhood," and led to the creation of the first anti-slavery society in the United States, though there was a missed opportunity for Washington to contribute to the decline of slavery in the U.S. The war saddled the young country with a substantial debt that would contribute to the creation of the U.S. constitution. Tens of thousands of loyalists fled the continent in the aftermath of the war. Finally, the most radical aspect of the war was the decline of deference in the United States

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