One of the pieces of evidence that he presents is the many frontier states constitutions. One of Turner's hypothesis that found wide acceptance among historians is that American democracy is a unique product of the struggle with the wilderness. The main way of proving this point has to been to point out the many democratic features of the western states constitutions.(i.e. uni

Finally, let us take a look at the people that make up the frontier. In his book Carl Degler proves Turner's thesis wrong by looking at eyewitness accounts of another historian Alexis de Tocqueville. He explains a uniform society in America, such as, the same man you find in New York you are going to find as soon as he moves out onto the frontier. This showing in the mans dress, manners, language, habits, and pleasures. Tocqueville gives a detailed explanation of a cabin he visited on the Michigan frontier. He gives the reader a view of a untouched cabin deep in the woods untouched in which he expects to find the abode of the American Peasant. Instead he finds a man in modern clothes, speaking the same language as in the cities. On his table Tocqueville describes books and newspapers. What he gathers from this and what I am sure the reader can ga

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