Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis" (1893) argued that
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The American frontier had shaped a unique American character of individualism, democracy, and innovation — and was now closed
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America should expand its frontier overseas through aggressive colonization in Asia and Latin America
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The frontier was unimportant in shaping American identity, culture, or political institutions
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Only European immigrants and traditions built America, not the frontier or westward expansion
Explanation
Influential but later criticized for ignoring Native, African American, women's, and Mexican American experiences.