Question

Hector St. John Crèvecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer: a. popularized the idea of the United States as a melting pot of ethnicities. b. argued that America should reject manufacturing and remain an agrarian nation. c. was a thinly disguised allegory explaining the need for the Constitution. d. made the author so unpopular in the United States that he was forced to return to France. e. made the case that free African Americans were ""citizens of color"" deserving of full legal rights.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. popularized the idea of the United States as a melting pot of ethnicities.

Explanation:

These letters were written before the American Revolution War, in many ways, represented the development of an idea about the America that was emerging in the 18th century. It was an ideal society, with no aristocracy, no religious intolerance, and most importantly, a society formed by several cultures and people from around the world, promoting diversity.