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    of the Frontier (?) Frederick Jackson Turner described the frontier as “a return to primitive conditions on a continually advancing frontier line” (Turner 530). Turner separates the process of civilization into four phases: “the trader’s frontier‚ the rancher’s frontier‚ or the miner’s frontier‚ and the farmer’s frontier” (Turner 536). After all four stages are completed and there are no more or too few places to settle - the major movement of people is done with - Turner says the frontier is closed

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    frontier myth

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    In the United States‚ the frontier was the term applied to the zone of unsettled land outside the region of existing settlements of Americans. In a broad sense‚ the notion of the frontier was the edge of the settled country where unlimited free land was available and thus unlimited opportunity. Being a frontiersman in the so-called Wild West‚ a cowboy‚ rancher or gold miner were idealized within American mystery. Mark Twain colorfully related that accounts of gold strikes in the popular press had

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    “Jackson’s Frontier-and Turner’s” Historians are seen as individuals telling the common folks of the world‚ in this case the common folk of the United States‚ the events of the past. Historians do not just regurgitate facts‚ they create a narrative; mostly made up of facts‚ but also from their perspective. What individuals do not realize is historians do not miraculously know the information; they must research the information from evidence‚ from a certain period‚ making historians a type of

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    Frontier Thesis

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    the “Frontier Thesis” and the Revisionists Arguments Fredrick Jackson Turner delivered his “Frontier Thesis” or also known as the “Turner Thesis” in 1893 at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago‚ Illinois. It was in this essay‚ Turner delivered a thesis that would shape the interpretation of American history. “The frontier is the line of most rapid and effective Americanization‚" Turner declared. “American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. This

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    along the American frontier? What Turner wants to point out here is that the American West is the most important feature of American history‚ and of the development of its society. He refers several times to a process of “Americanization” and we will see that the definition he gives of it is a very peculiar one. He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers the Indian territory to be free land. According to him the frontier is the “meeting

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    Aboriginal Frontier Wars

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    Frontier wars would of been seen or felt the impact by every Aboriginal that came into contact with Europeans. The definition of a frontier war is fighting that happens on the border of the furthest extent of inhabited areas. A good example of this would be the Bathurst Wars which eventually become the largest military campaign to take place in our own country. The impact of the frontier war can still be felt today such as the destruction of sacred sites such as burials. The nature of frontier

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    The Western Frontier The western frontier is full of many experiences that changed the frontier. Each significant event has an important role on the shaping of society and way it influenced a new nation. Each author brought a new perspective and thought process to the western experience which either contradicted Turner or supported his theories. The frontier ideas that interested me include topics such as trading frontier‚ farming frontier‚ nationality and government‚ and the neglecting of women

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    Frontier Essay

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    Europeans immigrated to the New World‚ they were faced with an overwhelming frontier atmosphere and forced to adapt to their environment or perish. As a result‚ an Americanization occurred which made these former Europeans into Americans‚ who founded the concept of democracy and made the traits associated with Americans almost stereotypical (Turner). Despite the fact that Frederick Turner ’s essay‚ The Significance of the Frontier in American History‚ was warmly received at the World ’s Fair in Chicago

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    In Frederick Jackson Turners Frontier Thesis‚ he defines the frontier as a meeting point between savagery and civilization and wilderness that shapes people. After migrating to the frontier‚ the colonists are finally able to overcome it and make it their own and creates an opportunity for settlers to start fresh or stay put. Americanization occurred at the frontier when settlers began transforming it into their own version of their homelands. This concept would eventually lead to the settlement further

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    of the American frontier. Its symbolic meaning created such moral‚ ethical‚ and emotional values in American that it paved the way for a country that would grow from an East Coast settlement‚ to a coast-to-coast nation of progress. One of the most famous stories in frontier mythology is that of Paul Bunyan. Although Bunyan’s stories didn’t appear on paper until the early twentieth century‚ his stories were passed down by word of mouth telling the tale of the “Last of the Frontier Demigods.” “Paul

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