n different areas of the country based on their characteristics, working habits, and ways of life. People along the coast tended to be more developed traders and merchants, who had a lot of social interaction with other countries. He thought that there was a high degree of Aristocracy among the colonies that formed there. He considered the people who lived on the frontier, on the land beyond the mountains, to be wild and unrestrained. This was a place for people who wanted to hunt and be away from society with less moral pressure, to practice rugged individualism. It was the people who lived in the middle regions of these groups that Crevecoeur considered to be the "True American Freeholders." This was a mix of people from any background who were hardworking landowners. These people were self-reliant and tied to their land and family in order to move up the social ladder. Even though Crevecoeur looked more favorably upon some groups of people in America than others, he believed strongly that being an American meant being free to make one's own decisions of how they wanted to live their life. He felt that anyone who owned land and was willing to work hard, was the epitome of a true American.
             Benjamin Franklin had a very different way of looking at religion.
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