What Are The Effects Of British Imperialism On American Society

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The American Revolution marked the beginning of the United States as a free and independent nation. No longer were they subject to British imperial rule. The colonies were now able to both act and govern for themselves, without interference from a mother country. This independence is credited to a victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War (1775 – 1783). They were then officially recognized in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. The lasting effects on American society can described with events beginning in 1775 and ending twenty-five years later in 1800. This period of time encompasses the final years of warfare and the initial struggle for America to sustain itself without British imperial aid.
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Farming was seen as being an important and ideal occupation for men. With a symbolic patriotic womanly figure looking over famers, as seen in a 1786 medal-promoting agriculture suggests fertility and liberty with the land. “Venerate the Plough” suggests that times might changing by trying to get people to respect agriculture and not stray away towards other economic focuses such as manufacturing (DOC F). With an abundance of land after the elimination of the Proclamation Line of 1763 that previously preventing the colonial expansion westward of the Appalachian Mountains more land was available to settle and farm. Without the aid of the British imperial mercantilism the former colonies struggled to sustain themselves. However, eventually they were able to utilize there global trading network established under Salutary Neglect. Salutary Neglect, when the colonies disobeyed the Navigation Acts and traded with other nations while Britain turned a “blind-eye” on the illegal activity because they were still able to make a profit and it would be to costly to uphold the

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