Isn T It Ironic Analysis

If asked to write a book with four chapters about the emergence of American identity from 1750 to 1830 I would title my book Isn't It Ironic? with my theme being the irony of America succeeding from Britian even though the British did not want America to but how ultimatly Britian was the one who forced America to create their own identity and to pull away. My chapters would entail a new perspective on events that lead to an American idetity to show how it was ultimatly Britian who caused this American identity. My title Isn't It Ironic represents the irony of Britian wanting to keep America under it's power because having these colonies generated wealth (for instance the cash crop tobacco grown in the Chesapeake colonies) and showed power to the other European countries (owning land was a symbol of power). The first chapter would begin with 1750 around this time there was not a formal identity …show more content…
In chapter four it would be about how Britian was still reluctant to let go of America people it meant a loss in wealth, power, and shame in lossing to such an inexperienced nation, however the British persisted which led into the war of 1812 this war brought more shame to Britian as their world class navy was beaten under Americas (with their bigger and heaveir machinery) even on land America was able to win a few battles over Britian the most important being the Battle of New Orleans which happened in 1815 after the peace treaity had been signed. The irony in the War of 1812 is that America had already "beaten" Britian once before in the American Revolution and were able to do it again despite Britian thinking they had the upper hand in both wars. This lead to Americans now being reconized by Britian as their own nation, and America being able to define who they were apart from