TISTICS

WHO'S WHAT:

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DEFINING 'AMERICANS'
Even two centuries ago, this was no easy task. Though largely of English stock, the people of the young country lacked the characteristics of a "nation." They had a varied ancestry and spoke different languages. Many had come to the New World to practice freely their own religions. In Letters from an American Farmer (1782)) J. H. S. de Crevecoeur, an immigrant to New York State from France, wryly observed that an American is "a Europ...