he revolution the relationship between the elite and common people was distant and restrained. As the revolution started the differences between the elite and common people started to erode. An example is when the elite started to dress the same as common people because of the joint boycott of Britain goods. This did not last long, during the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century the gap between social classes grew. Native Americans, African Americans and women were looked down upon often. They did not have the same civil rights as white land-owning men. Owning slaves in the south was a factor in social class; the more slaves, the higher class you were. The social values of North and South caused huge conflict that led to the Civil War; there was much diversity. The North did not agree with the social values of owning slaves. The south also did not agree with the social values of the north and how they worked their citizens in factories. The south looked at factory workers as slaves who were getting treated worse than the southern slaves. Women also started to cry out for equality with publications of Sarah Grimke’s Letter on the Condition of Women and the Equality of the Sexed. Another influential publication was Angelina Grimke’s Letters to Cathatrine E. Beecher.The social transformation of 1815-1840 not only changed the private lives of Americans but also brought new political issues about such as equality and what and whom it was meant for. ...
