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From the article “AMERICAN NATIONS” by Collin Woodard “When the American Revolution broke out, British officials were still debating how best to restrict the emigration of the Borderlanders.” This statement really stood out to me because it related to the problems America is having today. A largely controversial topic that is spoken about often is border control to fight immigrants from other countries from coming onto American soil. Whether a person disagrees or not about allowing people to immigrate to their country there is no doubt that it is a large topic not only on United States soil but in other country’s too.

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From the article “AMERICAN NATIONS” by Collin Woodard “But Greater Appalachia started as a civilization without a government.” This sentence caught my attention because as a person who does not know a lot about the formation a Appalachia, I found it interesting that not only has this community been around this long but it also was not controlled by government. When thinking about the history of the United States there are a lot of instances that include the government taking control or forcing control of people. Even going back to when there were just the first few colonies formed in this country, they were still being controlled by the British government. So, the fact that this community fought so hard and lasted so long is incredible to me.

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From the article “AMERICAN NATIONS” by Collin Woodard “Borderlanders lived among the Native Americans on whose land they were usually trespassing”. This sentence really relates back to the Native American presentations we did in class. The Native Americans were treated so poorly by so many people and this is what that sentence makes me think of. So much land was taken from them that a lot of Native American tribes that originated in the Appalachian Mountains were forced to relocate to the center of the country. Not only did a lot relocate but many tribes now cease to exist.

Woodard, C. (2011). AMERICAN NATIONS :A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America. New York; Penguin Group.