How Did Britain Influence The Development Of America In The Late 1800s

Circa 1800s, America and Europe were divided in their social values, but united in their industrial ambition. Prior to the announcement of industrialization, both American and European manufacturers majorly exploited the skills and resources of Britain. Americans imported British goods, and Britain contributed immensely to European Industrialization circa 1700s. Many of the building blocks to American Marshall Court Nationalistic society were in the form of British innovation via the multiple facets of elementary manufacturing. Examples of British invention include the first commercial electrical telegraph (William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone), practical steam engine (Thomas Newcomen), a sure fire inexpensive process for mass-producing steel (Henry Bessemer), and various other progressive milestones.

The nature of America's dependence on British innovation for growth shifted from dependence to independence. The cases of the Marshall Court's (1801-1835) proposal of Nationalistic pride and the breeding of America's own league of factory owning inventors and self proclaimed prophets served as a reason as why is was salient to separate from Britain's industrial reigns. Another reason for the separation was Britain itself. In the late 1800s Britain enacted legislation that prohibited the export both their inventions and experienced workers. Leaving the American's with only one choice; to utilize their own strengths and embrace the benefits of finally separating from Britain's industrial ideal. The promotion of jobs in America, for Americans, inevitably increased national morale and a relatively tight knit American market autonomous of most foreign influence, thus allowing for more effective import and