During the American Revolution the way women were affected depended on location. Those unlucky enough to be the path of Major Ferguson or General Tarleton had their houses burned and if they had not gotten out of the way of their armies, they were killed. Some women went hungry.
Bolivar hated the fact that political appointees who exercised power were appointed directly by the royalty without taking into consideration the views, or the agenda of the local population, and without involving their vote and voice at all.
