along the American frontier? What Turner wants to point out here is that the American West is the most important feature of American history‚ and of the development of its society. He refers several times to a process of “Americanization” and we will see that the definition he gives of it is a very peculiar one. He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers the Indian territory to be free land. According to him the frontier is the “meeting
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Frederick Jackson Turner in his paper‚ “The Significance of the Frontier in American History‚” his thesis asserted that the existence of a frontier and its settlement had shaped American character; given rise to individualism‚ independence‚ and self-confidence; and fostered the American spirit of invention and adaptation. Later historians‚ especially a group of “New Western Historians‚” modified the thesis by stating the environmental and other consequences of frontier settlement‚ the role of the federal
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The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner was born November 14‚ 1861 in Portage‚ Wisconsin. He is well recognized for writing the paper “The Significance of the Frontier in American History.” It is considered an influential and impacting piece of work because of the proposition he states within the thesis. Turner’s reasoning for scripting the paper was to present the issue of the dissolving American frontier. He released his disquieting thoughts about how
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The American Frontier was the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness‚ especially referring to the western US before Pacific settlement. The development and conquering of the American Frontier was extremely important to the country because of the many benefits it would have to the country with things such as more space and more states for the country. It is explained through works like Excerpts from Frederick Jackson Turner‚ The Significance of the Frontier in American History. 1893
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final determination regarding my five main books. Part I – The Original Thesis Turner‚ Frederick Jackson. The Frontier in American History. New York: Henry Holt and Company‚ 1920. This book includes Turner’s landmark
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Historical Theory and Jackson’s Frontier As explained in this chapter of Davidson and Lytle’s After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection‚ a historical theory is not necessarily a clear and definite principle about something‚ rather it is an untested hypothesis. Historians incorporate many factors into their theories to help explain events and support their hypotheses‚ and these focuses affect their basic understanding of history. This is commonly referred to as “Grand Theory”—an overall explanation
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camron sampson African American history I to 1865 Instructor: Burn‚ DJ Subject & NBR 09/05/2012 Significance of African American History. Dictionary.com defined the word history as “continuous” systematic narrative of past events as relation to a particular people‚ country‚ period‚ person‚ according to the meaning of the word History‚ it full knowledge will improve African American status. Despite the transition of Africans from
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MEEF1-Dossier 2 The American Frontier Doc A - Excerpts from Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy‚ Valley Forge Country Club‚ Valley Forge‚ PA October 29‚ 1960 Doc B – Manifest and Other Destinies: Territorial Fictions of the Nineteenth-Century United States. Stephanie Lemenager University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln‚ NE. 2004. DOC C – American Progress by John Gast (1872) Westward Expansion • Land Ordinance 1785/Northwest Ordinance 1787 • 1821 – Revolution overturned Spanish rule in Mexico‚ U.S. recognized
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Perhaps the most significant myth in American culture is that of the American frontier. Its symbolic meaning created such moral‚ ethical‚ and emotional values in American that it paved the way for a country that would grow from an East Coast settlement‚ to a coast-to-coast nation of progress. One of the most famous stories in frontier mythology is that of Paul Bunyan. Although Bunyan’s stories didn’t appear on paper until the early twentieth century‚ his stories were passed down by word of mouth
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History and Its Significance Ernesto N. Yap Jr. SST-I Rafael L. Lazatin Memorial High School This August we celebrate the History Month as provided by Proclamation No. 339 signed by President Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino III on February 2013. The month of August marks a significant period in the history of our country. It reminds us about the beginning of the quest of the Filipinos to liberate our country from the tyranny of the Spanish regime. After the discovery of the Katipunan on August 19‚ 1896
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