Please answer the following question. Your answer should employ no larger than 12-point font and no smaller than 1-inch margins; and it should span no more than 8 single or double-spaced pages.

Relying upon relevant course material, please assess the following claim: J. Hector St. Jean Crevecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer offers a conception of American identity that: registers the 18th century shift away from a religious-based national identity; borrows from Benjamin Franklin’s conception of virtuous citizenship; institutes a particular biological understanding of who can be an American; and sets the stage for Antebellum (pre-Civil War) ambivalence over the legacy of the Founding Fathers.

Resources:

. Early American Writing (Penguin Classics), J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer (in Gunn, pgs. 472-483) Abigail Adams

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