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A New and Free Country
Still Not Equal. The American Revolution did not distribute the new freedom equally. At first, only white, male property owners could vote. The millions of black slaves, largely in the south, remained unfree. Women could not vote and had few legal rights. But the seeds of freedom had been sown. George Washington, hero of the American revolution, refused to be crowned king, even though every other nation on earth at the time had a monarch. Washington called instead for the creation of the office of a president, a leader who would preside over the government for a limited term.
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