Explain the fundamental differences in social ideals which separated the American colonies and Great Britain after 1763.

In my opinion, the greatest difference in social ideals
had to do with the views that the colonists and the British had towards equality and
hierarchy.  The British still believed in a strict hierarchy while the colonists were
much more egalitarian.

By 1763, the conditions of life in
the colonies had shaped the American society to the point that there was much more
equality than in Britain.  There were, of course, no hereditary lords in the colonies. 
In addition, the availability of land led to the creation of a society of independent
people in small towns.  This encouraged the people to think of one another as
equals.

The colonists saw in the French and Indian War how
different this attitude was from that of Britain.  While the colonial militias elected
their officers, the British regulars were subjected to harsh discipline.  This brought
home to the colonists just how different they and the mother country had become in terms
of social values.