American Dream Entstehung

1. Belief in [blank_start]freedom[blank_end] - earliest colonists came in hope of escaping from the [blank_start]controls[blank_end] exercised in the Old World by [blank_start]monarchs[blank_end], the [blank_start]church[blank_end] and the [blank_start]autocratical[blank_end] governments in General - the founding fathers created a climate of freedom for every individual citizen -> Amarican way of life associated with [blank_start]individual[blank_end] freedom - the individual must learn to be [blank_start]self-sufficient[blank_end] and [blank_start]realy on himself[blank_end] in anything he is doing - or risk losing his freedom

2. Belief in [blank_start]equality of opportunity[blank_end] - conception of the [blank_start]fundamental equality[blank_end] of all People =/ everybody is/should be equal -> each individual should have an equal [blank_start]Chance[blank_end] to succes/ to achieve wealth by his own [blank_start]effords[blank_end]

3. Belief in [blank_start]success[blank_end] - early [blank_start]settler[blank_end] thought of themselves as [blank_start]God's Chosen People[blank_end] -> belief that success is an [blank_start]sign of God's grace[blank_end] - found many followers, who desired to [blank_start]achieve[blank_end] wealth by his own effort -> ambition

Benjamin Franklin wrote [blank_start]1758[blank_end] a list "[blank_start]the way to wealth[blank_end]" including [blank_start]13[blank_end] aspects to follow