In letter 111 of letters of an American farmer, de Crevecoeur focuses on the definition of American and what it means to be an American.

‘’here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men’’, in this statement de Crevecoeur recognises that America is initially built up of many different nations conquering and migrating to the new America and therefore they are not all one single nationality but a mixture and therefore look to nationalism and patriotism to unite them as one country. They are putting their old nationalities aside and become American despite what origin is in their blood.

‘’Being an American is more than a matter of where you or your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal.’’ This is a quote by Harry Truman on October 26^th 1948, in this statement we see that centuries on this opinion of Americans are still aware that they do not originate from the same place however they are ‘created free and equal’’; it is the idea that being American allows you to achieve anything and be whoever you want to be.