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Essay Archive - The New Land of New Ideas
The New Land of New Ideas
The 18th century Americans turned their backs on the old ideas of the
Puritans. The Puritans believed in the population acting within the religious
ways of the times. The 18th century population turned their lifestyles to a
lifestyle of self interest. This lifestyle was dedicated to the goal of
obtaining wealth and prestige among the community. DeCrevecouer writes:
He is arrived on a new continent; a modern society offers itself to his
contemptation, different from what he had hitherto seen. It is not
composed, as in Europe, of great lords who possess every thing and of a
herd of people ....
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