AP U.S. History / Unit 3: Period 3: 1754–1800
3.11 Developing an American Identity
Notes
A new national culture developed through republican ideals, art and literature, and debates over the role of women and enslaved people. Identity was still divided by region, race and class.
Practice
Early American identity drew on:
Revolutionary ideals.
Noah Webster's dictionary promoted:
National culture.
A limit on American identity in the early republic:
Exclusion.
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