... ' analogy employed by Winthrop, in the initial colonisation of the New World, to unite the various subcultures of settlers together, and avoid domestic or internal conflict within the colonies themselves. Jefferson's most explicit vision of America, and how it should exist, can be found in the initial drafting of the Declaration of Independence , (primarily his work, despite alterations by other members of the Continental Congress) arguably the single most definitive code of conduct for American culture in ... Benjamin Franklin wrote primarily about the model American, Thomas Jefferson a...

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