“So long as free land exists, the opportunity for a competency exists, and economic power secures political power.” LongPoliticalOpportunityEconomicLandPolitical PowerEconomic PowerCompetencies Book:Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History Source: Shaping the American Character: The Significance of the Frontier in American History
“Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development.” Has BeensExistenceLandDevelopmentDegreesAreasWestAmerican HistoryRecessionsSettlementColonization Author:Frederick Jackson Turner
