Military Influence On American Culture Essay

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United States is the melting pot of the world, but where did this start? Cultures are being blended and adapted into ones own started the day the pilgrims moved over. This history of assimilation is present in all aspects of American life today, including the military. Radical ideas of creating an army against the motherland had to be rooted in traditions that worked and able to withstand the test of time. Society was different but very similar to society in Great Britain. The military followed the same route as society in its similarities to Great Britain. British traditions have spread and effected many areas of the world and the American military is one that was heavily influenced. Similarities such as the public view, the make up of who …show more content…
America tried its best to be separate from the British military thinking but in doing so it became very similar. Taxes and money created separation between the general public and Britain. Continuous taxation on the American public was the fuel to start the revolutionary war. The public thought the heavy taxation was over and then the American government did the same thing when it was its own country. This created distrust with the public and the government again, these cycles are common throughout American history as they try to be separate from its predecessors but in turn become just like them. Standing armies were also an issue in the American public. Ever since the quartering act of 1765 resentment between the public and the British grew even more. While the American army did not quarter its troops, it was still not looked highly upon from the distrust of a standing army. The repetition of events with the British Army and the Continental Army is proof that the Army was not a product of a radically transformed American society but a more conservative institution grounded in