Introduction
The American revolutionary war secured the country’s independence from the British colony. It created a newly unified nation on the North American continent. Improved trade relations and new businesses got opened after the insurgence. Previously, commercialism was the main type of economy and prevented a free economy. Existence after independence was different; apart from the free participation in commerce, public and civic life changed. The minority, including the blacks and other foreign enslaved people, gained the right to elect. Decades after sovereignty, the United States established itself as all of North America and the only power within the new mainland. A need for the nation to increase in size led to an expansion toward the West. The manifest destiny philosophy described the need to enlarge; Americans believed it was their duty to conquer, prosper, and settle the continent. United States (US) build-up was affected by the divisions between free and enslaved person states. After the revolution, America gained independence from the British, resulting in marketing changes that prompted political alterations; the US became a superpower in North America, capturing most of the colonies and unifying them.
Discussion
After gaining independence, America expanded its territory, thus creating new sale places, which led to local market growth. Immediately after the war, the local market was heavily destroyed, and no imports were made from Britain. The economic crises forced the adoption of change in some political matters. The creation of local manufacturers took shape, with the first factory getting built-in 1790 by Samuel Slater (Kennedy & Cohen, 2019). With the economy failing, laborers could not raise taxes or pay debts. As a result, they opposed the harsh consequences they faced. In 1833, the imprisonment of debt owners was stopped under national law, and repayment terms were extended (Rust, 2022). After failing to maintain a stable market in the US, a need for further governmental reforms emerged. A new constitution was drafted in 1787, giving the principal executive power to control the federal financial system (Rust, 2022). The central authority gained strength in regulating the market among the states, multinational businesses, and taxation. As the states merged, a single currency was used, and the same trade charters were adopted. Commerce increased due to the simplification of marketing among the lands.
Revolutionary political movements, mainly comprised of laborers and farmers, were formed in the late nineteenth century. The farmers’ movement between 1867 and 1896 favored administrative adjustments of business exercises (Rust, 2022). They engaged in a war against corruption, fighting for a free and fair market. Large private firms took charge of most innovations, marginalizing the minor sectors. There was a need for further political alterations toward the end of the nineteenth century. In 1887, a jurisprudence regulating railroads was enacted by Congress, and in 1990 another one was adopted, limiting the control of a single industry by one big firm (Guelzo, 2020). With many sectors emerging, there was a need to form regulatory agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration. In the 1930s, the government became more involved in the market leading to the formation of different institutions and laws that governed trade (Guelzo, 2020). Market growth prompted the need to develop agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Social Security system in 1934 and 1935, respectively (Kennedy & Cohen, 2019). They dealt with stock market regulation and the provision of pensions to elderly workers, respectively.
The American rebellion and the Mexican War of Independence led to the creation of independent states that later dominated the North American continent. United States (US) expanded rapidly to the West after independence by first acquiring the Louisiana region in 1803 (Kennedy & Cohen, 2019). The newly formed country identified itself as a significant superpower within the continent and wanted to unify all of it into one single nation. Texas declared itself a republic in 1836 but rejoined the United States in 1845 (Kennedy & Cohen, 2019). The resultant consequence was the 1846 Mexican-American war which marked the beginning of the economic, political, and cultural influence beyond the US boundaries (Kennedy & Cohen, 2019). As a result of the conflict, further territorial gains in the Southwest and California were made. In 1804, all the northern states abolished slavery, but the southern states continued supporting the agricultural practice (Kennedy & Cohen, 2019). These acts lead to a more complex political concern in the first decades of the growth of the new country. A civil conflict got witnessed as the polar federations tried to break away from the Union.
The breaking away from unified America by the southern lands aimed to form another alliance, the Confederate States of America. The states that withdrew from the previous fusion were defeated in the 1865 struggle, consequently leading to the abolition of serfdom (Kennedy & Cohen, 2019). A reconstruction era followed the event, with some rights extended to the freed serf. The US government became much more robust and also protected personal rights. A series of changes were witnessed after the South regained its political authority; racial discrimination was reinstated. After gaining large plots of land, the country invited farmers and immigrant workers who cultivated it, resulting in industrialization and entrepreneurship (Schlesinger, 2022). The US was the leading global manufacturing nation in the early twentieth century. The US went on and participated in both the first and second world wars. Its rapid industrialization enabled the country to develop modern weapons such as nuclear bombs (Schlesinger, 2022). Other war equipment was sold to participating nations, especially the Allied forces. It promoted economic growth and resulted in a massive change in societal perspectives about the role of women.
Conclusion
After gaining independence from the British, the American economy struggled as it relied much on the goods produced by the colony. Consequently, new trade markets opened up when the country started expanding toward the West, thus occupying new territories. A need to build local industries emerged, and political changes were practiced to help support the new venture. Laws were passed that favored the farmers and workers. The central government gained much power, enabling the regulation of the local markets and collecting taxes, thus supporting growth. Business regulations that limited single private companies over control of a particular sector were passed. Through this, all businesses had equal opportunities and facilitated overall economic development within the country. The insurgence further promoted the establishment of the United States, where most Western colonies were unified. Rebellions were witnessed between the northern and southern states about abolishing slavery. The new government focused on promoting human rights and giving everyone equal treatment socially, economically, or politically. America became more industrialized in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and opted to dominate the world economy.
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