The American Character

Do "Americans" represent Europeans who live in America, or do "Americans" have their own unique personality built up of the European back round and characteristics throughout history? Many historians agree with the idea that there is a unique American character throughout history and in today's society. There are many different character traits within the American character and different historians have both different and similar ideas on what the characteristics are.
One trait of the American character is the idea of individualism and independence. Americans believed that they were dif…