Property is one of the oldest oppositions of human consciousness. In the era of the American Revolution, it was actualized not only in connection with the breakdown of traditional structures and stereotypes, but also with the actively begun nation-building. Radically changing the image of their "motherland" - England, the Americans designed a new identity for themselves. Ideas about traditional friends and enemies were changing, distant exotic countries such as Russia were suddenly gaining new significance for US public opinion. A special and tragic mental phenomenon of the American Revolution was the split of society into loyalists and patriots, accompanied by a difficult conflict. The monograph attempts to trace the change in foreign policy images in America in the second half of the 18th century. and its influence on the formation of the American nation.