USA in 1890-1945
USA, in 1890 – 1945
USA was a nation that was constantly changing and became an 18th century society based on the Thirteen Colonies, after the American Revolution. Ever changing, USA was constantly expanding territories, increasing population growth and improving industrialisation through modernity. Although this was the case, the principals of the Founding Founders were heavily influential which would impact the decisions made by USA in the future; portraying that as well as change being enforced there was still a sense of continuity.
This can be seen through the affairs of USA and the rest of the world. USA had potential and was growing, but never became a Great Power in 1890 and never wanted to. They based their idea in the concept of Brotherhood of Man; therefore they rejected war, alliances and standing armies but welcomed the idea of independence and neutrality.
The American Revolution and War of Independence played a key role for USA to have a strong sense of national history and identity. The ideal of “Jeffersonian democracy” were set out in the Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the American Constitution in 1787. Due to this most Americans believed that their republican democracy was a democracy which would be better than the “Old Europe” and newer.
More influences came further from the past. The first settlements were from the British colonies in 1607, however most Americans looked back to the Pilgrim Fathers, who came about in Massachusetts in the 1620s-30s, as religious idealist setting up a “city on a hill” as a pure society and an example to the world.
From the experience of colonial frontier, it changed the views and attitudes presented to Native Americans. They were seen as people who would stand in the way of the progression of the USA. The biggest reason for the American Revolution was expansion and settlement in the West.
Another important influence from the colonial past was slavery and the plantation society in the
USA was a nation that was constantly changing and became an 18th century society based on the Thirteen Colonies, after the American Revolution. Ever changing, USA was constantly expanding territories, increasing population growth and improving industrialisation through modernity. Although this was the case, the principals of the Founding Founders were heavily influential which would impact the decisions made by USA in the future; portraying that as well as change being enforced there was still a sense of continuity.
This can be seen through the affairs of USA and the rest of the world. USA had potential and was growing, but never became a Great Power in 1890 and never wanted to. They based their idea in the concept of Brotherhood of Man; therefore they rejected war, alliances and standing armies but welcomed the idea of independence and neutrality.
The American Revolution and War of Independence played a key role for USA to have a strong sense of national history and identity. The ideal of “Jeffersonian democracy” were set out in the Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the American Constitution in 1787. Due to this most Americans believed that their republican democracy was a democracy which would be better than the “Old Europe” and newer.
More influences came further from the past. The first settlements were from the British colonies in 1607, however most Americans looked back to the Pilgrim Fathers, who came about in Massachusetts in the 1620s-30s, as religious idealist setting up a “city on a hill” as a pure society and an example to the world.
From the experience of colonial frontier, it changed the views and attitudes presented to Native Americans. They were seen as people who would stand in the way of the progression of the USA. The biggest reason for the American Revolution was expansion and settlement in the West.
Another important influence from the colonial past was slavery and the plantation society in the