The Emancipation Proclamation was a wartime measure designed to destabilize the South. The proclamation granted freedom to all enslaved individuals in the states under Confederate control if they failed to return to the Union within 30 days. It also signaled that one of the outcomes of a potential Union victory would be the abolition of slavery.
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The Battle of Saratoga forced the British
out of the North.
In the age of the enlightenment people shifted their mentality, suddenly it didn't matter if you were rich or powerful, all it mattered is how smart, educated, innovative and serious you were. This led to many breakthroughs and tendency to write things down boosting the overall society's education and interest in science, tech, philosophy etc.
That's all I know (I'm more mathematically oriented) but I hope this helps.