Throughout the 18thcentury, America developed a unique system of government with revolutionary ideals and developed a national American identity. With the emergence of new ideas and new political rights, a growing sense of a unique American identity grew, one that had never been seen in the world before. These ideas were also spurred on by the British rule that was heavily laid on the colonists.The colonists embraced a new identity that helped fuel their resistance against Britain. In the early 1700s, the British government adopted a policy of “salutary neglect” for the colonies, which gave Americans freedom to develop their own political systems, an essential part of their identity. These political systems developed included ideas and rights like the majority adopted a political institution that gave voting rights to white men.
