How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom?
A) It meant that all men now had a legal claim to an equal distribution of property.
B) It challenged the inequality that had been fundamental to the colonial social order.
C) It ended colonial society's legally established hereditary aristocracy.
D) It ended coverture, under which husbands exercised full legal authority over their wives.
E) It meant that, for the first time, men were free to pursue whatever occupations they wished.

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The Revolutionary War challenged the existing social order by promoting ideas of equality and questioning the established hierarchies, although it did not fully dismantle them or achieve complete equality.

How Did the Revolutionary War Change the Meaning of Freedom