Turner's Excerpts From 'Turner Thesis'

As a country full of diversity one can assume that we have learned cultural differences from other countries that we have interacted with. Frederick Jackson Turner discusses this idea in his excerpts from the “Turner Thesis” written on July 12, 1893. He touches on this idea when he speaks about how America adapted and learned from the cultures in which it conquered as the country moved in westward expansion. Such as when Americans learned from the Natives and began to use horseback for war tactics. This gave the Americans an advantage and allowed them to continue advancing forward. With each new opponent they faced, they would gather new ways to fight and this allowed them to evolve as the strongest military. By using these new ways, they also