J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur’s Letters From and American Fa

Religion was only another aspect of freedom to John Crevecoeur, because he believed that America allowed religious indifference. Franklin felt that government in America should be run by the elite and that people should strive for moral perfection. For example, he felt that people in the middle region of the country were more active in government because they were land owners and they considered themselves equal to each other. In this religion, he studied religion more as a science where God rewarded people at the end of their time. It was the people who lived in the middle regions of these groups that Crevecoeur considered to be the "True American Freeholders. Crevecoeur acknowledged that there were several ways to live one’s life, and he felt that the most important thing was to have a good outward appearance and not prosecute anyone for their personal religious practices, despite opinions they may have. His views were very Democratic, because he believed that people were more likely to obey and live under the laws if they were the ones that helped to make them. This was a place for people who wanted to hunt and be away from society with less moral pressure, to practice rugged individualism. According to them, as long as one worked hard in order to establish a good name for themselves, they could gradually move up the social ladder. He thought that there was a high degree of Aristocracy among the colonies that formed there. He felt that it was more important to focus on being a good citizen by being helpful to others. However, he acknowledged that no one could be perfect, and therefore an honest attempt at living by these virtues was what made an idealistic American. Franklin saw most religions to be corrupt and unhelpful, so he pushed for Americans to acquire moral perfection through his set virtues instead of listening to the set rules of preachers. According to Crevecoeur, the government in America was not an oppressive system that could not be changed.