In 1607 Jamestown was settled, marking what would become a society of Puritan colonies governed by the British across the Atlantic Ocean. By 1800 those same colonies were in the process of becoming independent states with a government of their own that would act in the interest of all. This change could not have come without a catalyst. The American Revolution was a transition from colonial life to what would become modern America. The transition brought changes in political, social, and economic ways of life. Before the revolution the colonies had little religious toleration. In 1642 Virginia Governor William Berkeley forced all non Anglicans out of the colony. Laws like the Maryland Toleration Act were the few laws that granted limited religious freedom. However, the revolution stressed equality and freedom, and religious freedom was enacted in the first amendment of the Constitution. In 1786, the Statues at Large of Virginia stated that no man would be forced to support any religious assembly (Doc D). Enacted by the assembly, this shows that the people embraced the idea of separation of church and state, an idea supported by Thomas Jefferson, as expressed in his Virginia Statue of Religious Toleration. Socially, women were expanding their roles. In the Woodcut of a Patriot Women, it is shown that women were ready to grab a musket and fight for their independence (Doc A). Molly Pitcher is just one example of the women that fought in the Revolution. However, the Revolutionary War was only the beginning of the movement for women’s rights. Although they expanded their roles in society, women wouldn’t be granted suffrage until 1919. Economically, the Revolution transformed America from a mercantilist economy to a free market economy based off the ideas of Adam Smith. A major economic change from the revolution was that all states started using the same currency, creating more flexibility in the monetary system. However, economic distress was still occurring due...