America has an identity that comes from the freedom and potential that each individual wakes up with each morning. From the beginning, immigrants approached the east coast of America. With torture on sea, starvation, sickness, each person, fresh off the boat comes with determination. The determination is to get the freedom that weren't shown in their home country. An American is classified as someone who has a chance to restore themselves and make it into something. The idea of an “American identity” is brought from the opportunities that are awaiting them in the “Promised Land”, as the foreigners would call America. Religious freedom, jobs, and freedom of speech lured the outlanders in. Immigrants made it possible for themselves to reach America, to get what the deserved. While not having many opportunities with religion, jobs, and freedom of speech, in the “Promised Land”, it was everywhere they turned. Many families left their homes from religious persecution to gain religious freedom without being violated. Religion was one of the main reasons immigrants fled into America. In certain areas in Europe, if you were not apart of a church community, you were executed. On the other hand, some people come for the costless communities where there is …show more content…
Despite the difficulties they had to handle on the way, they saw a future for themselves. With being said, the toils that were encountered gave immigrants a new life. A fresh start and nothing was holding them back. An “American Identity”, in my opinion does not necessarily exist. That is because everyone is so uniquely different in their own ways and the freedom that we have can be taken to the moon and back. The identity that each American has is idiosyncratic. One thing that remains the same is the freedom that they are granted with each