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This 4 page paper discusses the factors that led to the formation of an American identity prior to the Revolutionary War. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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make a break. But as time went on and revolution began to seem like a real possibility, it also became apparent that a new person was emerging: an "American." This
paper considers how a number of disparate colonists came together to form a new American identity. Discussion The formation of an American identity and the Revolution seem to go hand
in hand, and its not clear which one happened first. Its thought that as the colonists "established new views of their own identities or recognized their individuality," they began to
run afoul of Parliament, which considered itself superior to the colonists (Weiner). Faced with this reaction, the colonists "began to question the principles by which Parliament took away their rights"
(Weiner). It became more and more apparent that rebellion would be the only possible answer; a "previously well-functioning sociopolitical relationship between two groups" broke up when the Americans recognized that
they had an identity as a separate group and that the British perception of them was erroneous (Weiner). How did the colonists form this identity? Clay reminds us that as
the colonies "shifted from being a part of the British Empire to being an independent nation, the identity of colonists went into a state of crisis" (Clay, 2007). Many of
the colonists thought that the coming conflict was "between the colonies and the motherland" and others felt that their "rights as English citizens in the British Empire were being infringed
upon" (Clay, 2007). Almost no one wanted a war, most "wanted reconciliation with the motherland" (Clay, 2007). But there were those who felt the conflict with England was irreconcilable and
wanted to form a new nation. What appears to have brought the two sides together to form an new identity, that of Americans, were the passage of what are usually
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