American Ideology Book Report

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America is a ever growing country that has come from conflicts in courtrooms, fields, and streets to form the current “American Ideology”. The key ideas in this introduction are based on a couple themes that link all of the 10 days together. As said by Gillon in the book “... the days shed light on what it means to be an American.”(2Gillon). The puritans were a major moving power if not the main one to a American political culture that is widely different than the ones of Europe or any other developed countries in the time period. Social Scientist Samuel Huntington said that “the Puritans were the original source… of the mortal passion that has powered the engines of political change in America.”. As presented in the beginning of the book a theme with a profound base in the introduction is the shared American ideals including equality, individual freedom, …show more content…
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