I don't want you to stay there. I want you to come home. I know you need the work for paying off your debt but.. what about everything we had planned? I'm not sure what direction is the best way to take for us. For you. I want you to be happy and I want you to not be in trouble financially anymore, but.. You feel so far away and now I can't even get the chance to really talk to you anymore like we used to and I know going back to your home wouldn't change the fact that we're still long-distance, but...

You wont be here for my graduation. You know my dad wont let you come stay with me again, except if I had an excuse for something like my graduation. I was finally going to "come out" with you and show my dad that we made it then. And that means I wont get any delivered birthday wishes, even though the point of turning 18 is such a huge thing for me, ya know? At the concert in Febuary when I was really sad for you leaving you said to be cheerful because you would come back and visit me again that May. Did you even think about that? Did you even remember how excited we were that I was going to stay with you for a few weeks? That I would really get to spend some time with you and meet all your friends and family?

I'm not mad. I could never get mad at you; I love you. I want to work this out until the end when we can actually be together. But I'm tired of having to deal with my dad planting seeds in my head that you're out with someone else and don't really care without being able to stand up for us. I wont let go. I'm going to be strong. I don't want to be so selfish and not take in mind your situation, but... shouldn't I get a say too?

S'like. Two more days of khaki pants. Two more before I can finally pitch them into the washing machine and then throw them into closet obscurity. They really need to be washed.

For once.

Haha.

Just kidding.

Or am I?

My dirty clothes always just seem to make their way off of me and settle into a nice comfy spot on my bedroom floor amongst the other dirty clothes and the suitcase that I haven't unpacked entirely from Rock on the Range two weekends ago. So really, who knows when they'll make it into the laundry? It's a mystery. My-at-er-y for Dan/Kegs who probably wont read this anyway. (Mel's still probably just as obsessed with that word. You've created a monster.) And it's not like I'm busy or anything. Nuuuu. I just spent five hours today playing Final Fantasy X (despite the fact that finals continue over the next two days).

I actually did stop and question while playing, "What really is the point of me finishing this game with super leveled characters? Is this going to get me any further in getting all the crap I've got over the summer done?"

And, of course, the answer is no. But I kept playing anyway. If this is a precursor of what is to come for the Summer of Oh-Nine, then I fear for my sanity and the last minute cramming of work I'm going to have before July roles around.

Hahaha, Bailey totally went into a barking fit when "All My Exes Live in Texas" or whatever started playing on the Country Music Awards my dad is happening to watch... I've raised him well.

For those of you who didn't get the khaki pants reference.. it's talking about my school uniform, and how Friday is the very last day. Whoop whoop! :o It's hard to believe that I'm a Senior (almost). It seems like me arriving on MMM as a junior high kid wasn't that long ago. People were right in saying that time will go by quickly. Especially this year. I really loved this year. Not too hard, but not slacker easy. All of my friends and I have gotten really close and we've done tons of stuff this year. It's been a pretty awesome year.

And my haiku is officially a finalist in the "Can You Haiku?" contest at the Cherry Blossom Festival this Sunday... I get to go read it, apparently, and compete for a cash prize. I hope I win, I know my haiku was good, but to be honest, I can't really remember what it was about...

Thanks to Jayiin for giving me inspiration to gather all my silliness into one LJ post today. Much appreciated. And I will be posting on all your LJ entries. To quote Naruto, "Believe it!"

And now I'll wander off to watch more of the new season of Winx Club and find those cheat notes for Latin online..

Yes! Rock on the Range is today and tommorow, and while it'll probably be raining, I'm still super excited for it. <3

I don't have much time now, but I also have some exciting news on who my host family is and where they live. Post later!

Yup, I'm officially seventeen now.

And I take my AP US History Exam in fourty-five minutes. Hooray. D:

I have reestablished my love for blogging with an all new LJ layout and new userpics that make me smile. Of course, this sudden desire to journal all my feelings out could not have come at a worse time. I have so many other things that I should be doing right now but am just either too lazy or too overwhelmed to start on. I mean, the weekend is for resting, right? But if I really actually motivated myself to start working on everything I have to do, I wouldn't have time to just spend all my computer time randomly sniffing about the internet or playing Final Fantasy all day long.

However, blogging might just be a good thing to do right now, so I can keep all my crazy thoughts in order.

Why do teachers think that it's a good idea to cram all the last minute studying/projects/tests/chapters/whatever into the last month of school? It's no fun. It's stressful. It's like I kinda-sorta-just glided through my whole junior year and now all of a sudden - wham! - here comes all the work that wasn't assigned. I think I'm starting to lose track of everything that's due. List, list, list...

1. AP US History Mock Exam - May 5th
2. AP US History AP Test - May 8th
3. AP US History Remaining Presidents - May 11th
4. English Lit. Victorian Novel project - May 21st
5. Creative Writing project - ????
6. English Lit. Research Paper Fianl Draft - ????

Aww, shit! That reminds me! I think my books were due back yesterday. Fuuuuck. I can't have any more fines.

Oh, wait, good, it's only two dollars. Whew.

The AP Exam is on my birthday. Which means that it's in roughly six days and counting. How awful! The problem is, there's way too much material to cover in such a short amount of time. It's difficult to choose what to study.

On Monday, I'm skipping school to go on my first ever college visit. It may not seem like something people'd get excited for, but I'm really pretty excited. This first one's at DePauw, and while my prime pick for college is Kalamazoo, DePauw seems like another good choice. Plus, underclassmen awards are that night too. I may have to sneaky sneak past my own nagging conscience and write another journal entry, hehe!

And now.. excuse the fangirlishness, but YESTERDAY THEY ANNOUNCED THE SET TIMES FOR ROCK ON THE RANGE. <3 I am so excited. It's going to be an amazing show, despite the fact that my dad and brother are going. The only problem is, there's three stages, and a lot of the bands overlap, which sucks because I want to see nearly every band. I'm coming up with some sort of schedule for which bands I really want to see and when to leave for 'em. I hate to make a concert so scheduled and precise, but it's really hard not to when there's so much to do.

Rock on the Range Tentative Schedule:

Saturday, May 16th
10:00am~12:00pm - Arrive, get situated in main stage with seat close to the stage. Get lunch on the road because who has time to eat?
1:20pm - Black Stone Cherry [Main Stage]
2:30pm - Saliva [Main Stage]
3:40pm - Flyleaf [Main Stage] Might cut out early to head over to Static X. Gotta get a good standing position!
4:25pm - Static X [Jagermeister Music Stage] Cut out early to re-get a seat close to the main stage.
5:00pm - Chevelle [Main Stage] I don't want to have to cut out early.. but I might have to to go see All That Remains..
5:50pm - All That Remains [Stage 2]
6:25pm - Korn [Main Stage]
7:30pm - Atreyu [Stage 2]
8:15pm - Alice in Chains [Main Stage]
10:00pm - Slipknot [Main Stage]

Sunday, May 17th
12:45pm - Framing Hanley or Burn Halo
1:55pm - Cavo [Stage 2]
2:40~ - Lunch maybe? No real in particular band I want to see at this time...
4:15pm - Sick Puppies [Stage 2] But ditch out early, because I really really need a good seat for...
4:50pm - Shinedown [Main Stage]
5:00pm ~ - Stay in seats and have dad go get dinner or all go get dinner and possibly miss Buckcherry.
6:15pm - Buckcherry[Main Stage]
Stay in seats/move up/whatever to get a reaaalllyyy good seat for A7X!! <3
7:50pm - Avenged Sevenfold [Main Stage]
9:05pm - Motley Crue [Main Stage] Maybe ditch out early because school the next day.. maybe not.

It's hard to be excited when you're so sleepy~

Oh, and by the way, five days until I'm seventeen!

So for my application to Japan, I had to write an essay saying why I'd like to go to Japan. I'd love any advice!

In my mind, the thought of Japan brings about images of a distant, unique land full of adventure and rich culture. For the longest time I have had a once improbable dream of traveling beyond the lifestyle I had grown up with and experiencing a land so different from my own. It is a dream destination of mine, one of which I believe has to be experienced rather than just researched to fully comprehend how different it is from American lifestyle. Now I am offered a chance to completely submerge myself in Japanese culture by living with an actual Japanese family, and I believe that being able to experience such an amazing trip would not only accomplish my dream, but also give me the opportunity to broaden my horizons and perhaps even develop myself along the way.

I must admit that I am a bit of an ‘otaku,’ which is basically the Japanese equivalent to someone who is interested in comics or the like. Wikipedia so concisely defines ‘otaku’ as “a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga, and video games.” I’ve even heard the term be coincided over here in North America with the rather harsh American word ‘geek.’ However, ‘otaku’ is so much more to me. My interest in Japanese manga, or “comics and print cartoons in Japanese and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century (Wikipedia),” and anime, “animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world (Wikipedia),” is such a large part of my life.

Actually, my interest in learning and studying about Japan all began because of manga. In seventh grade a classmate of mine brought a copy of InuYasha, a comic by Rumiko Takahashi, to school. Immediately, I was blown away by the art and plot involved, something not usually seen in American comics. In InuYasha’s addicting plotline, a teenage girl named Kagome is taken back in time to Japan’s Sengoku, or Feudal, era through her family’s old “Bone-Eater’s Well” where she meets a half-demon by the name of InuYasha and, together with friends they meet along the way, must find the Shikon no Tama and prevent evil from attaining it. I was amazed at how detailed the plotline was, and I can remember begging my mother to take me to the library to get more of these graphic novels. From there, my addiction only continued to grow, and now I even have gotten into the art of cosplay, which is basically “costume playing” as characters from these anime and manga series. Surprisingly enough, I learned some of Japanese culture and history, as well as taking little glimpses into the lives of Japanese teenagers. That learning only led to more learning, and soon I became enticed by the very thought of Japan.

No other country I’ve studied has had such a rich culture as Japan, nor have I ever wanted to learn a more interesting language. Though I am not applying for the Japanese language school beforehand, I will try to study some conversational Japanese before I go to try and immerse myself even more. Through staying Japan, I will be able to branch out my horizons, paving the way for a larger understanding of foreign culture and diplomacy. Sometimes it’s hard thinking of a completely different culture than my own, and I think going out and really experiencing it would allow me to fully grasp how large the world is.

The combination of both modern and ancient times coinciding harmoniously fascinates me as well. Temples and other ancient buildings still line the scenery that I would love to explore, and Japan’s landscape is one that cannot be compared to anything here in the United States. I’ve never been to a really big city, and the allure of shopping and sight seeing in the ‘concrete jungle’ of Tokyo is very exciting.

There are many things I would love to experience if I get to go to Japan. These can range from something simple as getting into Japanese pop culture through style and music to something like learning to speak some conversational Japanese and looking into another country’s culture. Offered a chance to spend the summer completely immersed in Japanese culture living with a host family thrills me, and I sincerely hope that I am given the chance to travel past my boundaries and branch out with a new understanding of independence and culture.

Okay, so I don't have time to write the journal entry describing in detail how stressed and yet nervously excited about the Japan Exchange Program application I recieved in the mail the other day because of an APUSH assignment. I promise to get to that later! I did, however, write a ballad for my English class I'd like to be looked over before I turn it in.

"My Precious Lost Soul"

"Why do you haunt me so at this, the witching hour,
O malicious harvester?
Why do you haunt me so mercilessly,
And why do you watch my innocent slumber?"
"O I have come again for ye,
My precious lost soul.
O I have come again for ye,
And I shall not dally any longer."

"Why have ye come when I have not yet finished living,
O malicious harvester?
Why have you come when I have not yet finished living,
And while I still have so much to accomplish?"
"O I grow impatient for ye,
My precious lost soul.
O I grow impatient for ye,
And I have come for my fee."

"Have I not paid enough price in my suffering,
O malicious harvester?
Have I not paid enough price in my suffering,
And should be allowed to finish my purpose?"
"O ye have gone beyond your vengeful desires,
My precious lost soul.
O ye have gone beyond your vengeful desires,
And death has eluded you for too long."

"This is not what I contracted for,
O malicious harvester!
This is not what I contracted for,
Signing my name deep in crimson blood!"
"Indeed you were easily fooled,
My precious lost soul.
Indeed you were easily fooled,
Allured by the desire of revenge."

"I shall not let my soul be drawn by you,
O malicious harvester.
I shall not let my soul be drawn by you,
Nor shall I vanquish my will."
"Woman, there is no escape for ye now,
My precious lost soul.
There is no escape for ye now,
And my decree is absolute.”

“I am innocent of such accusations,
O malicious harvester!
I am innocent of such accusations,
And I will never dwell in the brimstone with the prince of darkness.”
“Such is the price of signing my book,
My precious lost soul.
Such is the price,
And you shall dwell amongst the fires of hell.”

Ever have one of those days where you’re just completely and utterly lonely? Yeah, today is one of those days (at least now anyway).

I realized how angst-y all my other LJ entries are.. So I thought I’d start with Friday and throw in some fun. ;3 After school on Friday I had a friend of mine, Betsy, and her Korean exchange student, Min, come home with me. After chilling around for a few hours we went and picked up two more friends for a ‘Cosmic Skating’ open skating the McMillen Ice Arena has every Friday nights. We all wanted to go ice skating, but seeing as all of us live on, like, opposite sides of the County, none of us could get together for a Saturday afternoon skate. Going skating was my idea - it’s something I’ve really latched onto recently. I will admit to gaining back my interest in skating and roller blading because of a desire to keep up (and not make a fool of myself) to a certain hockey player I know.. Haha. But the first time I went, I had so much fun, despite the painful aching of my feet! I’ll have to look into getting some skates, if I can find them not so expensive.

So we get there, and after a struggle of getting the actual figure skates laced up tightly enough, we ventured onto the ice. It was a little hard to skate in the dark with all the spotlights and stuff considering those darn hockey playing kids were there zooming around and showing us all up! Haha, but no, really, they would just skate right in front of you without paying you any mind. Like, what if I was going a little bit faster? We would have collided and that would not be fun! There was a bother couple in those hats with the little flap-like things that were definitely the worst. They would just swoosh right in front of me and it’d totally throw me off. Then there was the little boy and his brother from last time who still kept icing us the entire time. And they would poke not-so-much-fun at our skating skills too. That part wasn’t so enjoyable. XP Just wait until I learn how to do that.. Or I call in reinforcements! (I hope you don’t have any moral objections on icing little kids, Dan. XD)

However! There were these little-little kids that were just adorable skating along trying not to get run over. They’re little ice skates and hockey gear is so cute~ 83 Something good did come out of this skating experience.. I learned how to skate backwards! I’m not very fast, but I’ve got the whole ‘make-a-cresent-motion-with-each-foot’ thing going on and I was actually moving. Plus, I think I’ve got how to start skating faster down too. I still haven’t fallen either, which is surprising because it was really, really hard not to giggle and laugh at all my friends falling. Does anyone know how high you’re supposed to bring your feet off the ice when you just normally skate?

So today Dwenger had this whole-school volunteer day called Saints on the Move. Despite the fact that all the friends that went ice skating spent the night, we had to get to bed and wake up early just like a normal school day. Groups of five or so students are divided up, given a parent driver, and go to a volunteer site and basically rake and do assorted other yard work. I’m so glad it didn’t rain today. That would have been miserable. Other than being a bit cold, the manual labor really wasn’t so bad. Despite the fact that the lady we worked for made us do more work than she had written down on our assignment list, she made us nachos and we all sort of chilled around for awhile before we had to leave back to school. Plus, she had this black Lab that was really cute. (Okay, I will admit that Labs have their cute points..)

Now the friend-filled beginning of the weekend is over, and I’m home alone watching TV and pigging out on candy. Why must candy taste so good and be sooo addicting? Whyyy? ;_; Sarah Palin is in town and my parents went to go see her, and my brother’s out as usual so.. I’m on my own, which would be good if there was anyone to talk to or anything to do that I could use that time for. D:

It’s really sort of lonely. I really want to go out. Not even go out. I just want someone to be here with me. I have to be strong, I keep telling myself that, but it’s really a lot harder having that close, personal contact for a few days and then just sort of not having it anymore. It’s just two year but that’s still two years I have to wait. I hate to sound all whiny and needy. DX But I think it’s better for me just to get it off my chest, you know?

By the way Dan, Min is obsessive over that Nobody song you performed the dance to.. she's got it permanently stuck in my head.. curses!

I decided that it would be in my best interest to write a sort of positive-negative review of all the colleges that I take tours on. This way, it helps me keep my information more organized, and I can get the support of all you wonderful friends out there in making my final choices when the time comes. I figure I'll just post some technical information such as average G.P.A. and the like courtesy of Wikipedia, and then do the pro's and con's. Well, okay, here it goes.. Expect the Unexpected: Indiana University?!

I will admit to a severe disgust for IU at first mention. That was probably because my dad was trying to convince me away from going to a small, private "expensive" school like Butler which Kegs had shown some interest in going to if he decided to come down here. It was also an attempt to keep me in state. So I went in with bad expectations and was rather pleasantly surprised. Despite the fact that the football team lost against Michigan and the resulting sunburn of my face, I had a pretty good time (minus the usual arguing over a slightly racist dad's overbearing comments). The campus is pretty, there's plenty to do, the school is liberal, what can I say~? By the way, these are in no particular order of importance or the like.

Motto: Lux et Veritas (Light and Truth)
Established: 1820
Type: public coeducational
Endowment: US $1.6 billion
President: Michael McRobbie
Provost: Karen Hanson
Faculty: 1,943 full time, 366 part time
Students: 38,990
Undergraduates: 30,394 (2007)
Postgraduates: 8,596 (2007)
Location: Bloomington, IN, U.S.
Campus: small city: 1,933 acres
Athletics: 24 Div. I/IA NCAA teams (Hoosiers)
Colors: Cream and Crimson
Website: http://www.iub.edu

IU has 110 academic programs ranked in the nation's top 20. Twenty-nine graduate programs and four colleges at Indiana University are ranked among the top 25 in the country in the U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools 2001-2002. Time magazine named Indiana University its "2001 College of the Year" among major research universities. Indiana is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities, the leading American research universities. The university's intercollegiate athletic program boasts 25 national championship teams (including seven in soccer, six in swimming and five in basketball) and 133 individual national championships (including 79 in swimming and 31 in track and field).

IU's total student enrollment in the fall semester of 2007 was 38,990 students. Indiana University's freshman experience was recognized by U.S. News & World Report in 2003 as among the best in the country. The tenth annual Newsweek-Kaplan College Guide, which appeared in the August 22, 2005 issue of Newsweek magazine, chose IU as its "Hottest Big State School" and extolled the campus's blend of tradition with emerging technologies. IU was the only Big Ten institution included.

USA Today called Bloomington one of the top 10 student-friendly college towns. The university offers the latest in technology: IU was ranked as one of the top five wired universities in America according to Princeton Review and PC Magazine.

Indiana University also has a wide variety of extracurricular organizations and clubs (over 400) to keep students active and involved beyond academics. IU is also home to a Greek system: nearly 5,000 students (about 17 percent of undergraduates) join one of the 47 fraternities and sororities.


Pro's
1. The campus is attractive. The buildings are nice, and so are the decorations and parks. There's this small little all-denominations church overlooking this tiny cemetary plot that I found rather serene. There's woodland trails, creeks, and all the typical campus flora and fawna. It's large but not excessively, and seems like a fun place to explore and just hang about in.

2. Bloomington is a small, but college-lively town. From what I've seen, most of the residents are college students, so it would seem much like living in a town of people your own age. There's a whole lot of those quaint little shops that dot those small towns that are just too cute to resist going into. I was also surprised at the large amount of clubs, bars, and restaurants there were! Granted I can't go in the bars/clubs, but they look like they'd bring a lot of fun things to do in the area.

3. They appear to be competent enough with their English writing department.. I'd have to check out more about this though.

4. The honors scholarship offered is surprisingly easy to get and would end up paying for most of my college tuition. Then I'd be recieving my college account money for other things.

5. If Dan decided to come to school here, he could get the degree/whatever required for teaching and be able to stay with me. That way we wouldn't have to be apart if things do turn out the way I'm hoping they do.

6. It's a good three hours away from home... hehe. <3

7. Uh, hello? I walked right into an Asian Moon Fesitval by mistake. It was amazing, the culture and booths and food and the like experienced there was really interesting. Joining such a club would be a lot of fun. :3

8. It's got a reputation for being a party school... that could be good for those Firday/Saturday nights.

9. It's public and rather large for an Indiana school, which would give me an oppotunity to experience more 'real world' situations and meet new people.

10. The sports teams are large and the games get competitive and fun.

11. Extracurriculars seem to be frequent here. There's even sport clubs for things like horseback riding if I ever chose to back in the saddle again and hockey.

12. My dad dislikes it because of its liberal reputation. Hurray for blatant rebellion and disregard for parental authority! 83


Con's
1. It's a large public school, something that I'm not used to being in. Likewise, I wonder if the individual student recieves much attention from the professors due the amount of other students in the classes. Of course, education is a big part in my decision.

2. It's a infamous party school.. that could also be bad.

3. I'm not entirely sure if they offer Psychology as a minor.


...wow, not a lot of cons coming up, huh? Hehe. Funny personal experience: We parked at the football game, obviously, and when my dad came back, his McCain/Palin sticker had been partially torn off his car. I find this rather amusing. It's what he gets for yelling at the poor Register-to-Vote operative people. 83

Anyway, what do you guys think? Let me know everything - I could use the advice. Next stop: Hillsdale College?! My dad wants me to go there now because it's supposedly very conservative.. but I don't know. I suppose IU has shown to me not to rule out any possibilities, even if they are a conservative Christain school in Michigan. It's not bad for wanting some diversity for a change of pace after 11 years of the same thing.. right?

That's it for now, ttyl. <33

M'kay, one down, two more to go. This is a big test grade, so any help would be much appreicated~! The exact prompt is: "How revolutionary was the American Revolution? What political, social, and economic changes did it produce? What stayed the same?"

Sarah Nixon
AP US History
Period 6
9/6/08
The American Revolutionary War was founded in a desire for change; colonists demanded representation in Britain's Parliament as a local government.  The idea of breaking away from Britain didn't catch on until Thomas Paine's Common Sense and other Enlightenment ideas spread enough to the common citizen to think of creating their own nation.  It was then, through a series of bloody wars, that the independence of a nation was won, even though few Patriots saw real battle.  That independence ushered in a revolutionary time of changing philosophies that re-shaped the political, economic and social order that had once held sway.

The fear of becoming a Monarchy and simply just a clone of Britain drove the majority of American actions towards a mixture of a Confederation and Republic style of governing. The desire for a system of “for the people, by the people,” demanded a system where the central government had to be limited in its power. In November of 1777, the Continental Congress developed the first national constitution, the Articles of Confederation, which provided a loose confederation of the “United States of America.” Most of the early American government designs were based on that of a Confederation, where the thirteen states would uniquely govern themselves as they saw fit, dictating how they wanted their rights to stand. These Articles could declare war or peace, make treaties with foreign nations, adjudicate disputes between the states, borrow and print money, and require funds from the states for the common defense or general welfare, which were exercised by central legislature Congress, which offered one vote to each state regardless of population or wealth. While it had its strengths, the weakness in that the Articles could not tax, interfere with trade, or execute laws brought its demise. Too much power lay in the individual states. No separate executive or judiciary branch existed. Rather, there was only the legislative branch, which bared a strong resemblance to the British Parliament. Following the Constitutional Convention, the Articles were abolished, and a more democratic government composed of an executive branch, or governors who could veto bills and were elected by the people, the judicial branch, which was composed of elected judges, and finally the legislative branch, divided into two houses, the Upper, formed by elite, and the Lower, of the average citizens.

Needless to say, after the Revolutionary War, the economic condition of America was extremely fragile. Large sums of money had piled up in war debts. The ban on paper money during British rule had devalued it to almost nothing. Farmers were left with little to no money to pay their debts from the overbearing taxes, and many were thrown in jail with their farms forced into foreclosure. Such events led to Shay’s Rebellion, led by an angered Daniel Shay, as a battle against an unjust government. The farmers believed the exchange was a tyrant for a tyrant. In this way, Shay’s Rebellion was similar to the colonial rebellion to the Stamp Act; a “distant” government was ruling them, composed of white elitist men who knew nothing of the worries of the average citizen. There was also change, however, in that Britain had finally become nothing more than a distant trading partner, rather than entire control over all colonial trade.

The social changes perhaps were the most obscure. The quest for equality for all people applied primarily to white, landowning men, who were the only ones capable of voting. Women, despite their frequent roles in the war, desired more rights, seeking education to become equal to men. While slavery was outlawed at the formation of America, primarily in the north, the need for economic stability pushed the south to begin using African Americans for workers once more. Likewise, as the quest for more land began, the Native American abuse once more came into play, fueled by the anger of the Native Americans siding with the British. Society continued to be dominated by the wealthy white males.

The Revolutionary War won a country its freedom. Patriot leaders envisioned a haven of sorts free from British tyranny. The beginnings of a democracy were set in a confederacy strictly against the rule of a single power or monarch, drawing in from British example to create a government uniquely their own. While the economy struggled, the American nation was now free to think of Britain as simply a trading partner rather than their head. Despite desire for equality, society had a long way before anyone besides the wealthy landowners had a say. Much of what happened under British rule carried into their freedom, but the Revolutionary War was indeed revolutionary in that developments were made to create a citizen-ruled utopian nation.