Interconnectivity In America

As small colonies grew to the nation now known as the United States of America there is a clear shift in philosophy and in the size of communities. In the beginning, many small conservative communities combated the dangerous and unforgiving new frontier. As the colonies banded together and forged a new nation, the people found strength in interconnectivity. After the period of uncertainty had passed people began to explore how individuality and self reliance could benefit them more than relying on their nation. Throughout the major literary philosophies in the United States one can see how each philosophy focused on the size of a community of people and the benefits that size of community had for the people of that community.

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At the founding of the United States, leaders called for the unification of the nation and to take action as seen in Patrick Henry's Speech at the Virginia Conference "Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?¨ (126). After the nation grew and became more interconnected there was no longer a need for such small communities. With this growth though came the need for a unified nation to fight for its independence. In the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson states that “whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government” (141). Jefferson acknowledges that the power of government lies in the people of that government. Therefore, the collective people of the United States worked as one large community. As the nation grew into the period of chaos as it was founded and became more interconnected many ideas of freedom and individuality became