Response to Crevecoeur

Response to Crevecoeur: Letters from an American Farmer

Crevecoeur writes about how America is a "melting pot". People often use this phrase to describe The United States rich cultural backgrounds and mixing. Most countries at the time had less immigration and most people stayed where they were, excluding migration to colonies of their own country. So, most places you went people were the same. They looked the same, had the same background, ethnicity, traits, etc. However the US was very different. It was composed of "united" groups of people of different backgrounds and areas which made up "states". For instance this was clearly displayed when we watched the video about different areas and accents in the US. This is a direct influence from the variety of ethnicities that migrated to America. In the North lied many French and Canadians. Then further south was heavily Irish influence in Boston and New York, further south in the "heart" of the US east coast was mostly English influence in for instance Virginia, then in the way south by Florida was mainly Spanish influence and some French from Louisiana and New Orleans. Many black people in the US live in the South as well due to heavy slave trading for the Southern Cotton, Wheat, etc. plantations. So even before America became a massive tourism and migration hub, it was still a country composed of different people. Each state told a different story, and could easily be its own country, but we were united by the idea of separation from oppressive Europe, and the Union of people guided by fairness and law. I think this is heavily reflected in Crevecoeur's writing and how he describes America as a growing power which will someday be great.

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