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Running Head: THE HISTORY OF REVOLUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 1

THE HISTORY OF REVOLUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 3

History of Revolution of the United States

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Introduction

The United States is a country that has come a long way to current America we see today. It has gone through civil wars, social rearrangements, and economic turbulence that saw the reconstruction of the country into a union. This involves contingency legislation that saw the integration of the African Americans, revolutionizing of the manufacturing, transport and communication sectors improving the status of the united states and the gaining of interest and influence to and beyond North America over the nineteenth century (Coston, 2018). Through the success and attaining of economic and political stability, the US begun to focus on conquering external emperors while fighting with the European powers over territorial influence and colonial possession become evident. This article outlines the legal and social reconstruction that took place in the US, how industrialization and imperialism made the US become an international power and gain influence in the late nineteenth century.

Social and legal reforms for revolution

Reconstruction of the USA occurred majorly after the end of the civil war in many parts of the country. Many of the reforms that were instituted, especially by Congress, were aimed at addressing the factors that led to the emergence of the civil war in America. The most important reforms that were instituted during this period, especially in the southern economy was the issue of turning it from being slavery dependent economy to a state where slaves would be free and have rights (Du Bois 2017). These changes gained a major boosted through amendments to the constitution to recognize and strengthen these rights. The civil war dealt a major blow to the agricultural sector, in which plantations were damaged, and the sharecropping of the landowners and slaves leading to impoverization of the slaves and reduced output of the slave masters. The reforms sought to integrate the people of South America with those of the north in order to protect the status of the freedmen and make them be recognized by their masters. However, the southerners saw the northerners as taking advantage of the situation and ended up cutting the ties that had been established by Black Codes and reverted to use of slaves for labor (Dunleavy, 2014).

The second phase of the legal reform happened when radical Republicans pushed for the punishment of the south, although politicians such as Abraham Lincoln suggested leniency in dealing with them, they pushed for 14th antislavery amendments which saw the Republican take control over Congress with this tension coming to an end when the Congress regained prominence as a result of the infighting among Republicans in 1874, which signaled the end of reconstruction where the slaves rights were penned down in written form (Pino & Witt 2019).

Industrialization and imperialism

American Imperialism refers to the economic, military and cultural influence of the US over other countries, which was boosted greatly by industrialization. Industrialization lead to businessmen to seek new market internationally to sell their goods. The growing influence of the Darwinism leads to the belief that America was the propelling of the concept of the industry, democracy, and Christianity which would savage less developed societies, fueled the US towards imperialism. The imperialism was majorly based on the belief that America was entirely different from other countries due to its commitment to liberty and democracy (Tully 2016). It began with the drawing of the constitution, the subjection of people to alien rule, all the way to the second world war which made American control countries in the middle east and Germany (Dunleavy, 2014). America, in 1898 gained military control of Hawaiian ports, buildings that had military equipment and eventually it was conquered and become an American state in 1959. In addition, American progressively intervened in the wars in various nations, making it pick rivalry with the European nations, especially Spain, which strengthened the conquering psyche (Morefield, 2014).

References

Coston, W. H. (2018). The Spanish-American War Volunteer. Books for Libraries Press.

Du Bois, W. E. B. (2017). Black Reconstruction in America: Toward a history of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880. Routledge. https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2017-0-50368-3&isbn=9781351376594&format=googlePreviewPdf

Dunleavy, P. (2014). Democracy, bureaucracy and public choice: Economic approaches in political science. Routledge. https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2013-0-22193-6&isbn=9781317867234&format=googlePreviewPdf

Morefield, J. (2014). Empires without imperialism: Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection. Oxford University Press. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=uboUDAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Morefield,+J.+(2014).+Empires+without+imperialism:+Anglo-American+decline+and+the+politics+of+deflection&ots=i8pMTvtXTr&sig=XEd3WXxiaDdJDoZwA4swoseQUH8

Pino, L. M., & Witt, J. F. (2019). The Fourteenth Amendment as an Ending: From Bayonet Justice to Paper Rights. Available at SSRN 3327868. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3327868

Tully, J. (2016). On law, democracy and imperialism. In Public Law and Politics (pp. 77-110). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351907736/chapters/10.4324/9781315245669-13