An American Nationality Awakens In the book, Out of Our Past, by Carl N. Degler, Degler states that by the eve of the American Revolution a “distinctly American” nationality had emerged, driving a wedge between Britain and her American Colonies. Since the two were so many miles away from each other, over time they began to grow apart, especially in terms of economic and social mobility, ethnic and religious diversity, and political philosophy and practice. …showed first 75 words of 1008 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1008 total…direct representation could not understand how Parliament could represent them when they were four thousand miles away. As the colonies and Britain drifted apart, a distinctly American nationality emerged in the colonies. However, because of the great distance between the North America and England, neither of them noticed just how different they were becoming. This caused much tension and misunderstandings between the colonies and their mother country. This tension would soon lead to a revolution.