letter from an American Farmer

1.Crèvecouer contrast American society with that of Europe by the amount of freedom in the society. In america there are "no aristocratical families, no courts, no kings, no bishops, no ecclesiastical dominion, no invisible power giving to a few a very visible one; no great manufacturers employing thousands." Crevecouer says americans are "united by the silken bands of mild government, all respecting the laws, without dreading their power, because they are equitable. He compares British society with American society by saying that there is no distint social classes like there are in Europe. "The rich and the poor are not so far removed from each other as they are in Europe."





2.Crèvecoeur doesn't include Spain in the list of nationalities that have blended together to create a new man. There were spanish settlement in California and lousiana so there were some spainard living on land which made up america. The biggest that he omitted from the list are the Native Americans and Africans. Africans make up a big part of the souther population and Native Americans lived the American territories and colonies.

3. He describes the back- settlers as people that are "entirely different from those that live in the plains." He say the back-settlers are " half civilized, half savage." The future that he projects is that in 10 to 12 years " prosperity will polish some, vice and the law will drive off the rest, who uniting again with others like themselves will recede still farther; making room for more industrious people. The few people that do come back will change the "barbarous country into a fine fertile, well regulated district."

4. the important elements in national character is to leave behind all prejudices be honest and work hard. If you are an artisan, farmer, or any other profession you are considered equal with everyone.

5. Like Crevecour predicted, by 1820 the white settlers moved to the frontier forcing the native american out of their ancestral land.