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Uncovering the Roots of American Exceptionalism
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... , in the 1700’s, American Exceptionalism has been a continually growing and changing influential presence in America. ... One of the first records that reflected American Exceptionalism, (at that time it would have been European Exceptionalism) was written in 1493, in connection to Europe’s founding of the American Continent. ...
In 1555 Cabeza de Vaca published an account of this odyssey; in it he comments on an experience with a Native American tribe they encountered after leaving their bondage: “We gave many thanks to God our Lord for bringing us to this land of abundance”(65). ... Europeans were the first to demonstrate their concept of European Exceptionalism to the Natives while they were in the America’s, but they did not stay permanently. The people who established the concept American Exceptionalism in North America, where it took root, were the Puritans. ... It never occurred to them that the food they ‘found’ had been the Native American’s food stores. ...
While Winthrop was building his “…city upon a hill…”(216), Roger Williams was trying to develop a key to the Native American language with the hope that it would bring the Indians to Christianity. ... The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Vol. ...
American Exceptionalism really came to fruition during the Age of Enlightenment. ... His first Crisis paper was read to American troops to inspire them onto victory. ... The first part of the Declaration of Independence is a good example of American Exceptionalism: “When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the power of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of natures God entitle them…”(728). ...
American Exceptionalism evolved from the late 1400’s, when Columbus discovered the West Indies for Spain, into what it is today. Its roots lay with America’s founders. American Exceptionalism was first perceived as ‘by Gods divine providence we are here,’ and evolved into; ‘by the divine providence Americans are the chosen.’
It was American Exceptionalism that brought independence to America. ... Unfortunately it was also American Exceptionalism that wiped out most of the Native Americans, and enslaved a race of people. ... Without the ideology of American Exceptionalism, America would not be the country it is today, and in turn the world would probably be quite a different place.
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Title: Uncovering the Roots of American Exceptionalism
Words: 2893
Rating: None
Pages: 11.6
submitted by: karen57
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