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Colonists hated the privileges that accompanied “noble” birth
George Washington’s Society of the Cincinnati were rejected as “hereditary peerage”
Laws of primogeniture (being the first born) and entail were outlawed
Westerners fought for more equality, centralized state capitals
State churches were disestablished
Quaker John Woolman urged the abolition
Standards about slavery were openly discussed
Natural rights seemed to contradict slavery
The accomplishments of Phyllis Wheatley were celebrated who was a former slave lived in Boston
He published a volume of poetry in 1773
Benjamin Banneker was also highly accomplished as a writer, city planner, scientist
He published a well-known almanac
Exchanged letters with Thomas Jefferson
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