Civilisation Américaine Territorial Expansion Commentary

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Commentaire de texte sur le sujet suivant : « Americans are not perfect people but they are called to a perfect mission », such is one of the key visions of the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837

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[...] In the end, we'll observe and take out the very seeds of a given American culture and specific vision of the world. To start with, we need to consider the context in which this message and program have been built and diffused. After the Independence proclaimed in 1776, the young American country starts a slow and long effort to grow and get unified as a nation. But, Andrew Jackson gives us a perception of a more than two-century-lasting intercourse between the first arriving British colonies dating back 1607 and the original Indian tribes. [...]

[...] Thus, Andrew Jackson tries to deliver a truly convincing message. When he mentions in his annual message some “supplies of clothing, arms, ammunition, and other indispensable articles”, he shows that he has already developed an effective detailed and thoughtful plan of action whose official aim is to ease the integration of the Native Americans into the Mississippi Zone. Andrew Jackson uses also statistical evidence to give weight to his arguments. He quotes numbers highlighting the progress of this process already done concerning some tribes. [...]

[...] Civilisation Américaine Territorial Expansion Commentary « Americans are not perfect people but they are called to a perfect mission », such is one of the key visions of the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, a period in which America had to face many struggles to achieve a real and one federal nation. To that purpose, the question of a territorial expansion became crucial as the white population increased so dramatically within the last decades that a political strategy had to be taken into consideration to deal with the 60,000 American Indian people hardly coexisting on the American territory. [...]

[...] It also arises the subtle question of a growing racism coming along with the growing sense of an American nation. Later in the document, the mention of an effective « barrier » informs us about the desire of a physical « separation » and the protection needs and defense of the American people whose only aim is to « prosper ». We'll also consider a difference of visions between these two co-existing cultures. To finish, we may also mention here the significant expression « ardent spirits » probably referring both to the experience and hot temper of the Indians, playing the role of an oxymoron. [...]

[...] Anyway, it seems that the American spirit is truly born in this period of territorial gain and assembling as it forged the American mentality as supremacist and full of power. Just alike Andrew Jackson, the Americans are still perceived as action people, for who political strategies are only based on necessities. [...]