America’s unique cultural situation with its numerous states, heavily populated with people of different ancestry and origins epitomises my whole fascination with North America, and why I desire to study it in depth at University. I wish to understand how the relationships between states and people form as the foundations of society, and ultimately how these connections shape the world we live in. America has long influenced the culture, economics, politics, and social affairs of much of the world. I want explore the US and its colonial precursors which hopefully will enable me to understand the roots and changing nature of America’s global influence, from the past to the
