The Declaration Of Independence Was A Turning Point For America's Sense Of Identity

The Declaration of Independence was a turning point for America's sense of identity,however the French and Indian War was even more instrumental to the formation of America's Identity. The war led to the first attempt at an organized government, it started to unify the colonies and contributed to the rowing feeling that self-government was necessary. The growing tension with the Native Americans and the foreign French led the British to call colonial representatives for a meeting in Albany, New York, which would later be called the Albany Congress. Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union, which called for one centralized government. This differed from the Declaration for two reasons, The British were in charge of the meetings so the act was quickly nullified and all the colonies were not present for the Albany Congress. Another difference was the issues
When they finally got involved they were inter-mixed with settlers from other colonies from the different walks of life, which helped to dissolve the cultural boundaries between the colonist. This was a clear difference from the Declaration of Independence as only educated men took part in the writing and signing of the document, this resulted from a unified upper class, but disjointed middle and lower classes. Unity became an important value of the American Identity and for the colonist there was no better thing to unite against than the common enemy of the French and the Native Americans. The unity of the colonies was important the Declaration and the French and Indian War as the “victories” in both circumstances would not have been able to take place without the unity of the colonist. The American Identity would be undoubtedly different had it not been for the French and Indian War developing the sense of unity. The colonist had fought on the side of the British, but they were far than pleased with their ally, almost