fredrickjacksonturner



Frederick Jackson Turner said in 1893 that the frontier had played a key role in forming the American character. He said "American intellect owes its stricking characteristics (to the frontier). Frontier life had created Americans who socialy mobile, ready for adventure, bent on indiviual self- improvement, and commited to democracy.

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