British imperial influence on the american colonies: from settlement to the special relationship

This research work examines British influence on the American colonies from the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown (1607) to the special relationship in the twenty-first-century. The influence between certain colonizing countries and their colonies continues to exist even after they gained their independence. In the case of the 13 original British colonies in North America that declared independence in 1776 from the United Kingdom and forming the basis of the United States, many argue that this relationship is questionable today. In other words, doubt remains about the influence that Great Britain could have on the United States of America, which have become one of the world's greatest powers. To achieve my goal many therories such as Homi K. Bhabha's postcolonial concepts of mimicry and ambivalence (1994) and Immanuel Wallerstein's world-systems theory (1974) help to appreciate existing documents and books, internet resources with historico-analytical approach. The research work reveals that the colonies, shaped by British imperial power, were nevertheless led to reject it and over time, this British influence shifted from colonial domination to sovereign partnership. Independence reproduced metropolitan principles even as it repudiated metropolitan authority. The Special Relationship joins sovereign equality with structural asymmetries of power. So, instead of talking about influential relationship, many people suggest partnership to characterise the relation between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and United States of America. This should edify the worldwide policy by setting an example of a particular independence, like the British colonies of the United States of America.