Response to ”Letters from an American Farmer”

In ”Letters from an American Farmer”, Crevecoeur describes America as being far better than
his home country of France. He compares immigrants to plants being taken from their own dry soil and being transplanted into fresh, fertile ground to start a new life. He believes that one of the contributors to the ease of prosperity in America is that workers are rewarded for their labor without having to give a portion to a leader of some sort. That a noticeable difference between the modern economical policy and the one in the Post-Revolution era. There was no tax system in the late-1700s because the government did not want to have much of a strong presence. Now that America is large enough to have many programs that require government spending, people who make money have to give an amount to help fund these programs. The separation of church and state (which is still in effect) is also part of Crevecoeur’s praise.

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