om local government, they created a document designed to promote equality, prevent a majority from gaining overwhelming influence, and limit the power of the government to protect the people from governmental despotism.
             Republican Ideology, though ambiguous, had a variety of ideas about equality. And while the basic analysis of the Revolution shows that it was fought for independence from England, there was an internal revolution being waged as well. The radical side of the revolution, despite the fact that was it never reached, was a struggle for social and economic equality. It marked the beginning of the poor, women, and slaves questioning their inferior role in society. The Constitution was written to talk to those ideas of equality. For example, the framers of the Constitution put in no property qualifications for voting, while most states had such qualifications, which shows that they pursued economic equality.
             By the time the Revolution was over many people, especial
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