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As Hutchinson was charged with blasphemy and heresy of the holy word, transformative perceptions of diversified interpretations of Christianity and questions framing religious tolerance were concepts rarely pondered and entertained in courts. Anne's Trial of 1637 revealed her innate connection with her true identity and drive towards religious liberation, elemental themes that also lay at the crux of motives behind colonial migration and desired religious liberation. -
The Boston Tea Party exemplifies the unique resistant nature fundamental to the identity of America. This act of intolerance toward unfair taxation and unchartered control over colonial economic acquisitions, along with the hypocritical nature characterized within American ways 10x over as the nation perpetually propelled heedless acts of violence, removal, exploitation, destruction, and communal severance among native groups forced to submit to colonial ways. -
The War of 1812 changed the course of American history. Because America had managed to fight the world's greatest military power to a virtual standstill, it gained international respect. Furthermore, it instilled a greater sense of nationalism among its citizens." (Source: “Causes and Effects of the War of 1812.') -
"The Antebellum Era defines the decades leading up to the American Civil War. The identity of the Old South formed alongside a new nation. Disagreements between the North and South began to boil up over tariffs, infrastructure, slavery, and fear of restricted state rights. Southern states felt as if their social, cultural, and economic structure was at stake. The clear divide between these two identities would ultimately lead to the secession of the Southern states and the Civil War." -
The Civil War set precedence for how internal resolution would become resolved within America as a collective unit. During the Civil War disputes over the active institution of slavery between northern and southern territories shaped the political structure and cultural identity of the nation as a whole. The divide taking place during this time eventually united a complex characterization within the United States.