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Are You a 100 Percent American
The article questions 100 percent American identity by tracing ancestry and everyday habits to European and Asian origins. It compares daily items and practices to historical sources, notes key figures such as Martin Waldseemüller and Americus Vespucci, and ends by presenting defined “Average American” and “Typical American family” profiles with census-derived specs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
France
Germany
Italy
John Smith
Virginia
Christopher Columbus
India
Martin Waldseemuller
America
Americus Vespucci
Near East
Asia
Europe
Mexico
Brazil
Walter Raleigh
Junius
Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
Christ
Dionysius Exiguus
Miles Standish
Jamestown
Plymouth
James Harvey Robinson
American
Iowa
Fort Madison
Roy L. Gray
Merrill J. Brown
Indianapolis
Ind
John
Louise
Swansea