Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The immigration mostly contributed to the democratic society in New World, fleeing from religious persecution, economic oppression, and ravage of war, diverse ethnic groups had promoted a multicultural American identity base on equality, liberty, and freedom. In contrast with any country in Europe, Eighteenth century America was a land of equality and opportunity. Because the desirable land was easily to acquire, new colonies afford a widespread of social mobility. The most remarkable feature of social ladder was from rags to riches ease with an ambitious colonial, even an indentured servant, despite the years hardship working in the land, could rise up his statue to a land owner. In this new world, the settlers not just ultimately achieve prosperity and prestige, people also blessed with the religious and political toleration. Such the small communities in New England possessed some measures of self-government. Though it is not complete democracy, the exercise of simple manhood suffrage planted the seed of freedom. As well as the most liberal settlement in Rhode Island, outcasts like Jews was blessed by the complete freedom of religion. By 1775, America was not yet a true democracy, but the swelled of various immigration had boasted the new world to an unusual degree of economic opportunity, civil liberty, and religious freedom. Compare to the immigration, the Great Awakening in some level might brought the liberal idea of emotionalism into the Orthodox Church, but it really created a schism within society, instead of bringing the diverse religion belief as a whole. But over all it did encourage the wave of missionary work among Indian and black servant, also it had broke the sectional boundaries, contribute the common ideas and shared of experience.

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