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A 3 page paper which examines what constitutes American Provincialism and how Benjamin Franklin embodied such ideals. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Europeans had easy access to. British individuals viewed the life in America as very provincial, meaning they lived simply and without a great deal of cultural elements. One author notes
that, "Even the aristocrats, pampered and educated as they were, lived on the margins of the West, physically and intellectually, and were far below the level of European nobility" and
as such the British people saw Americans as very provincial (Sandefur, 2007). But, at the same time that sense of provincialism was also what created a new society in the
new land. The following paper examines American Provincialism and also examines how Benjamin Franklin embodied this image. American Provincialism The British people, as noted, felt that the Americans
lived a life of provincialism because they did not have such things as libraries, or forms of culture. Early Americans had no access to such things, and they were generally
too busy creating a life and surviving. This does not mean they were not educated or intelligent philosophical thinkers in many ways. Sandefur (2007) notes that, "Provincialism, balanced by a
deep understanding of European civilization, made the Founders into practical idealists rather than utopians; they were both speculative philosophers and practical men." They had come to the new land for
opportunity and they also, in many ways, dismissed the pomp of the British aristocratic (Sandefur, 2007). It is perhaps the Americans desire
to be independent and to seek out the new land that led many British to negatively view their provincial state. They felt the new Americans were people who lacked a
great deal in terms of social graces and amenities in the new culture, things the British felt were necessary to culture and civilized society. But, the Americans were people who
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