America is known to be subcontinent. But since they knew they hated the British as well as the french they sided with them but this got them a REP of fighting to the British; thus starting the revolutionary way. Hope this helps!!
A constitutional democracy
Successes of the Progressive movements were many, beginning with the Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890). The progressive spirit also was evident in new amendments added to the Constitution