What does America represent?
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America stands for freedom.  However freedom doesn't come free.
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God is the God of all people.  I think Americans can be grateful that they have the abundance that they enjoy.\n\nPride is another matter and it depends on how you mean it.  It is good to be a great nation, but it is also important to be a nation that seeks peace, looks after the less fortunate, and maintains ethical standards of resource sharing, justice, and care for the planet.
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Because we live in America.
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People identify themselves with their proper country name, not their continent's name. For example, British, German, French, not European (though this term is gaining broader use with the implementation of the EU). Or Japanese, Chinese, Korean, not Asian (Country origin compared with general ethnicity).\n\nSince the United States is the only country in either North or South America with the term "America" in it's proper country name, that term has been used as short hand to refer to anyone who is a citizen of the United States of America. This may change, however, as the world switches from individual country economics & politics to continental economics & politics.
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The esoterics would argue that America is simply an idea carried in the hearts and minds of the loud and slightly wobbly people everywhere. \n\nAfter careful study I have come to the conclusion that geographically  it's somewhere below Canada. I'll get back to you...........can you remember where you were when you lost it?
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An American is a defined legal status as structured by the United States Constitution and the resulting policies already established.  This is no different than defining citizenship of people around the world when going from country to country.  \n\nIt is the question of "What makes a Good American?" that should be asked.  I believe that among the characteristics that a good American should possess the following of essentials:  Embrace of the Democratic Ideal and an acceptance of its lack of definitive edges.  Active participation in the evolution of the democratic government from the local to the national level, A sense of duty to protect these ideals from harm and sacrifice for their growth, Legal compliance with established laws and peaceful but fervent action to reform those laws one finds unsatisfactory, willingness to learn and use the English language, and above all a sense of gratitude to all of those men and women who have suffered and died just to keep America a place where freedom is still alive and where our biggest worries are most often trivial in comparison to those faced by the rest of the world.
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There is no real way to define an American.  We're a country made of many countries, and our culture is made of many cultures.  If I had to define an American, though, I'd say that he/she is a person who loves their country, cares about their family, and appriciates a free society.
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American culture is a mixture of all the immigration that has taken place since the first settlements were established in this country. There is no such thing as American Culture because it is constantly changing and adopting to the inflow of world cultures that enter our country. You can say that America is a world culture since it is represented by all the cultures of the world. You can find food, dress, language, music and everything under the sun in America from all the cultures of our world. That is what makes America the best place on earth, the migration of cultures that bring their genius to our doors. And because America is the best offer for so many cultures immigration will never end, thus our richness will continue to grow with each group of people that comes across to our great land, and I welcome each and everyone of them, for I was once an immigrant of this country....KECK
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America....it would definately be number 1. Why? Because we are a divided people no matter what other people from other counries believe. See, that's where the problems stands. No one sees all American people. The news only shows you what it wants to. We as a country are in big time trouble. We have a ton of issues. Until we get our voices heard as a people we will continue to have problems.
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don't manipulate it to mean what you want it to.  America is a melting pot of culture.  Which actually means when immigrants came to America, they let go of their culture and all banded together to create one American culture.  They did not come waving flags....
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I don't think it sums up all Americans, but many have noticed that we in America (and the west) tend to be extremely materialistic and that the value of one's life is determined in our societies by how much we own, how big the things we own, or how new the things we own are, etc. This has led some (Americans and Westerners as well as others outside of the west and Amerca) to point out that sometimes we miss the things of other value: family, friends, an active culture, an honoring of ancestry and family history, the chance to positively effect other people's lives and have them effect your life in a true and meaningful way that's value is beyond all material things.
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Well, first you need to do your homework and decide for yourself what Americans value. Is it freedom? Material goods? Their rights? Food? Deciding on something may help you find an items to present. This sounds like a tough question. You may not find the *perfect* answer, but you can put some thought into it and then be prepared to defend what you chose.\n\n("I chose food because Americans can't seem to stop overindulging in it even though it causes health problems and will be a huge drain on our resources.")
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I think it (more or less) accurately represents the basic components of the American dream:\n\nFinancial stability\nProperty of one's own\nLove and devotion\nA family (kind of included in the above)\n\nIn conclusion - success.  People want money and love and once they have it, they like to show that they have it.  Thus the house and land, and the faithful dog, and well, the family is - or should be - the source of much love and devotion.\n\nSo...while it may not exactly be the American dream (and it's certainly not *my* dream), I think it it's a good representation of what the American dream truly comprises.
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USA: capitalist, and produces more agricultural products than the next two countries combined\n\nChina: socialist, and mines significantly more material from the earth than any other country...\n\nI'm not sure what it all means anyways...
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It stands for the 5 principal continents. America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa. The five colors are also significative. At least one of the five is in every flag of the world.
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It is to briefly explain what Americans were fighting for and what they expected in the shaping of a better America, so that issues concerning everything around us, could be properly managed for "WE the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union and establish justice to ensure domestic tranquility and provide for the common defense promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity do ordain  to establish this Constitution for the United States of America.\nEach of the points stated in the preamble signfy what we as Americans stand for and believe in.
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No that means you're from America, and proud of it!