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It is sometimes hard to determine early American literature from European literature. American literature begins to become distinct from European literature as the American Revolution becomes more imminent. Writers such as Hector St. John de Crevecouer and Henry David Thoreau illustrate these changes of American thought and America’s place in world politics. American citizens develop a sense of individualism which is unique to Americans. The early writers of American literature illustrate the transformation from European settlers to America citizens.
American government and political theory is based on the writings of John Locke. To understand the formation of Americans it must be understood that the application of Locke’s theory were quite unique and radical, something that America would prove to be in its early existence. Locke provides our Forefathers with terms such as “certain unalienable rights, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
The fact that Locke is an......

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