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4 Pillars of the AD Puritanism religion: wanted to found a „New Jerusalem", where they could find religious freedom, all men should be placed on same social level (equality) > belief: "if a man does not work, neither shall he eat"-> hard work as basic component of Puritan belief L> • capitalistic thinking, material success, potential through hard work, everybody responsible for own success (self-reliance) Manifest Destiny L> phylosophie: serves as an excuse to conquer new land, pioneers had the God-given right to spread progress, Christianity & democracy, rationalization to justify territorial growth > progress, democracy, westward movement (imperialism), mobility, pride Declaration of Independance July 4, 1776 L> Relationship between GB & colonies deteriorated to the point of war colonies wanted to split and put an end to · colonial oppression > all adopt the political philosophy and values agreed upon the Declaration guarantees life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, equality, democracy, independance, right to pursue one's goal with a minimum of state control I welfare system) ~ The Frontier L₂ pioneers needed to cope with natural barriers, survive in the wilderness + be self-sufficient individualism, democracy, mobility, L> tolerance: mixing pot of races, diffrent types of people could settle in the west, without upsetting eachother equality, tolerance economy: during settlement they didn't want a government to interfere (stören) > minimum of state control, capitalism L₂ women: more nights emancipation, equality L> technology: many inventions - people at the frontier had to cope with all sorts of problems > progress L> violence in the weast, each one settled his own problems - no state interference readiness to use violence, right to carry guns »from poverty to millionaire را good social environement » reality -> be convincing wealth (money) ● Investor confidence hope time belief Plan Success motivation ? right connections desire > strong will holding on/ not giving up trust the process > discrimination, racism,... the rights of freedoms (in Decl. of In.) and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to everyone myth of mobility"- stuck in a permament underclass of poor, unskiled, uneducated - does the AD really exist for everyone? ~ ~ ? patience -> no equality L₂ war of competition, big difference of poor rich in monetary- big gap between rich and poor/everybody else it's difficult to move up in class, rich are freezing nearly everybody, low payement of workers » two sides of America - it's not really that easy, nearly impossible middle class-working poor reality: they are just, kind of poor'. near to the poverty lines L₂ are working hard but still struggeling, it's hard to get everything they need to live (-a lot of people) too rich to get state assistance but too poor to afford it by themselves focus on helpfull people