Individualism
According to Lipset, the origins of individualism are simplified through economic and political development, religion, The Declaration of Independence, and the working men. These characteristics which fall under the umbrella of individualism, were analyzed through society and was integrated within the United States. Individualism was a completely new establishment which was only recognized for the American people at the time it developed. ... As Alexis de Tocqueville defines individualism; political and social philosophy that places high value on the freedom of the individual and generally stresses the self- directed, self-contained, comparatively unrestrained individual or ego.