America In The 18th Century

The 18th century Had a huge impact on the people back then by giving them ideas to change the government, and it changed the way our government is run today. What did it mean to be an American in the 18th century? American is being used as a citizen of the United States Of America. Being an American in the 18th century meant to establish a strong fair government to rule the people, to have freedom, and to have union among the states,using the previous documents, or ideas of forming men to figure out what would make America better for all citizens.
Establishing a good government was often debated over and over back in the 18th century.Some government ideas that people had were limited government and federal government.According to the Declaration