Teddy Roosevelt: “Thus the Americans began their work of western conquest as a separate…”

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Thus the Americans began their work of western conquest as a separate and individual people, at the moment when they sprang into national life.

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Republican · New York

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This quote reflects Roosevelt's view on the emergence of American identity during westward expansion.

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