Question

1. According to Crevecoeur, what happened in the “New World” that didn’t happen in Europe? Why?

2. According to Crevecoeur, how did opportunity and freedom make America?
3. According to Crevecoeur, what did American laws allow?
4. According to Crevecoeur, what didn’t most American’s like?
5. Crevecoeur stated “The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas and form new opinions. What does he mean?
6. Do you think his description is still true today? Why or Why not?

Answer 1

To Crevecoeur, Americans were "the poor of Europe." In the "great American asylum," these dispossessed individuals found land, livelihood and liberty--regardless of previous nationality. ... Franklin defined Americans as English people; Crevecoeur defined them as mongrel Europeans.

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