EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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The Star Spangled Banner
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
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America the Beautiful
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The American Progress
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the United States, the tradition of protest songs dates to pre-Revolutionary War and flourished during the war. Probably the best known is “Yankee Doodle, ” which was used by both armies to satirize the other. As the British marched away after the surrender at Yorktown, they ignored the American army.
Detailed explanation-2: -Yankee, a native or citizen of the United States or, more narrowly, of the New England states of the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut). The term Yankee is often associated with such characteristics as shrewdness, thrift, ingenuity, and conservatism.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Yankee Doodle” was born as a jest at American soldiers. The song first appeared during the French and Indian War, sung by British troops to poke fun at the bumpkin nature of their American cousins. Americans were called Jonathan’s by the British.