MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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do not have “among them an esquire.”
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are filled with “fair cities” and “substantial villages.”
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are inhabited by a “promiscuous breed” of people.
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possess a “pleasing uniformity of decent competence.”
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are inhabited by the “unmixed descendants of Englishmen.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Crèvecoeur notes the diversity of the American population. He describes the American as being fundamentally different from Europeans in ideas and opinions. While many Europeans live in poverty, unemployment, and drudgery, the American is able to farm his own land and see the fruits of his labor.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of women, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world?” WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? Significant because Crevecoeur emphasizes that America is a melting-pot of people from all over the world. He believes that America has great potential.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1782 Jean de Crèvecoeur published Letters from an American Farmer in which he defined an American as a “descendent of Europeans” who, if he were “honest, sober and industrious, ” prospered in a welcoming land of opportunity which gave him choice of occupation and residence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Writing around the time of the Revolution, de Crevecoeur describes America as a refuge for people who were poor and oppressed in Europe. In America, people of all ethnic backgrounds can prosper and enjoy their natural right to be free. They can work hard and enjoy freedom, opportunities, prosperity, and new ideas.