What does Turner say about American distinctiveness (or "exceptionalism") in the essay? What evidence does he provide for his argument?

Frederick Jackson Turner is considered the founding father of Western history, for his lecture "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893).

Explanation:

In it, he stated that it was the westward movement that best defined the United States, meaning that the exceptional character of the American nation was given by the life in the frontier, the westbound journey of pioneers from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.

Turner understood that the free land, its endless recession, a mixed-race and the advancement of settlements to the west, are main factors in American development.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

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