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. The Revolution did revolutionize social relations it did displace the deference the patronage the social divisions that had determined the way people viewed one another for centuries and still view one another in much of the world it did give to ordinary people a pride and power not to say an arrogance that have continued to shock visitors from less favored lands it may have left standing a host of inequalities that have troubled us ever since But it generated the egalitarian view of human society that makes them troubling and makes our world so different from the one in which the revolutionists had grown up, The U.S Senate unanimously passed a similar resolution on June 18 2009 apologizing for the "fundamental injustice cruelty brutality and inhumanity of slavery" it also explicitly states that it cannot be used for restitution claims. . Those who fought for independence were called "Patriots" "Whigs" "Congress-men" or "Americans" during and after the war They included a full range of social and economic classes but were unanimous regarding the need to defend the rights of Americans and uphold the principles of republicanism in terms of rejecting monarchy and aristocracy while emphasizing civic virtue on the part of the citizens Newspapers were strongholds of patriotism (although there were a few Loyalist papers) and printed many pamphlets announcements patriotic letters and pronouncements. . ; The population of the Thirteen States was not homogeneous in political views and attitudes Loyalties and allegiances varied widely within regions and communities and even within families and sometimes shifted during the course of the Revolution, The northern area of Mexico was sparsely settled and not well controlled politically by the government based in Mexico City After independence Mexico contended with internal struggles that sometimes verged on civil war and the northern frontier was not a high priority in northern Mexico the end of Spanish rule was marked by the end of financing for presidios and for gifts to Native Americans to maintain the peace the Comanche and Apache were successful in raiding for livestock and looting much of northern Mexico outside the scattered cities Northern Mexico was a violent and chaotic area due to the Indian raids the raids after 1821 resulted in the death of thousands of Mexicans halted most transportation and communications and decimated the ranching industry that was a mainstay of the northern economy As a result the demoralized civilian population of northern Mexico put up little resistance to the invading U.S army.
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