The American Dream In The Pre-Colonial Era

The American Dream manifested in the Pre-Colonial Era
Just as , Pre-colonial literature authors incorporated the astounding ideas of the American Dream into their literature of the Pre-Colonial Era in order to express the dream’s universal beauty and emphasize how America is truly a melting pot. As a prominent group from the Pre-Colonial Era, the Native Americans saw the American Dream as a paradise, comparable to the Garden of Eden, offering an abundance of opportunities for all through their poems, songs, creation myths, and government documents. In addition to the Native Americans, the African Americans view the land of opportunity as a unique place where individuality is accepted and eminent as being the core of American culture and one

The three uniquely different outlooks of America from the Pre-Colonial works construct the elements to the changing idea of the American Dream.
The Native Americans portrayed America as being a Promised Land possessing related qualities to the Garden of Eden, being one of the earliest descriptions of paradise, representing the beginning of human time and experience and therefore can conjure powerful images of a pure time and place because of the prosperous land. As the original indigenous group of people from America, the Native Americans believe that every animal has a purpose either physically or spiritually and should be treated with as much respect as an individual. The devotion to animals is expressed in The Iroquois Constitution, written by the Iroquois tribe, where the Native Americans place an eagle at the top of the Tree of the Great Peace. The eagle is being honored by the Native Americans as being superior to themselves and is still worshiped in America today, which connects to the origin of animals in

In order to make the dream of coming to America superior, the Europeans were convinced that coming to the New World would allow them to break away from England and begin a new and enriched life. In the letter, A Description of New England, John Smith writes that liberty is free in America, but in England it costs more. The brighter idea of liberty being free to them in America, rather than in Europe makes the Europeans believe that they will be able to start their own government and self-rule which interests them. To further convince the Europeans to come to America, they are told that the land in America is stunning and resourceful. Christopher Columbus writes in his “Letter to Luis de Santangel Regarding the First Voyage” that there are many harbors on the coast of the sea beyond comparison with others, and that there are thousands of different shapes and sizes of trees. In addition to beginning a new life in the New World, the Europeans believe that the land of America will make them rich and they will live a worthy life on that land. John Smith tells the Europeans in the letter, A Description of New England, that no one will be poor in America because there is an endless amount of land to farm turnips, carrots, cabbage, and more. These products will benefit the Europeans because they will allow them to have an abundance of