Before Frederick Turner’s essay “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”, the section begins with how influential the essay is and a bit of history about it. It continues by commenting how Turner may not be looked at as much of a historian anymore, but his work it still important. The rest of the passage is the essay. It starts with how different the European Frontier was from the American one, it is a vast open expanse where few people live, and Indian tribes dot the landscape. The area creates a sense of nationality for an American because it’s something that is their own making. Unlike the East Coast which is heavily influenced by the Europeans. Making it harder to change because the citizens of the East Coast still hold many
