After the war of 1812, the United States experienced a surge of NATIONALISM, or love of country.
The victory in the War of 1812 had a high psychological impact for American society, in a positive way. It was a kind of "confirmation" of the independence obtained before the same rival, to which he had once again managed to win. Nationalism and patriotic sentiment were on the top during that time.
The end of the war marked the beginning of the Era of Good Feelings, which passed between the presidencies of Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, in which there was a great economic growth of the country.
They basically wanted freedom so they escaped to the north where slavery was illegal
The era which most deeply influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence was the Modern Era and the illuminism movement. The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776, when illumimism movement was at its peak, and its influenced was heavy on the declaration as it emphatiziced the natural rights of the people, for example.
