> The period from 1776-1913 arguably had as many changes as the period from 1913 to 2025. I'm not arguing it didn't. But I think in kind the US's global econom

> The period from 1776-1913 arguably had as many changes as the period from 1913 to 2025. I'm not arguing it didn't. But I think in kind the US's global economic position didn't change substantially between full independence in 1783 and 1913. It grew during that period, but the idea of the US as a peer (and then dominant) economic world power is a distinctly post-WWI one.