"The Cycles of American History" by M.Schlesinger, Jr

In Chapter One, Experiment or Destiny, Arthur M. Schlesinger is trying to solve the dilemma of whether the events that happened in America during the Seventeenth and the Eighteenth Century were the consequences of an experiment, trying to follow the example of the Republic of Rome, or whether destiny, fate that God decided to give this continent, America.
It is clearly stated that no one knew exactly what America really was! Maybe, according to Schlesinger, this obscurity was the reason why many debates have been created in the seventeen hundreds, and many conflicts have been stored between Europe and America.
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