When we talk of Citizenship we are in general referring to "the superiority of an individual's retort to membership in a society". The perception embodies all that is good in model Citizens. The American people, like all peoples, create a culture a word that used most broadly includes everything related to a people organized in a society. The people who came to the United States brought their culture with them and once here, they borrowed from each other. As the United States became the favored destination of people leaving their homelands in search of a new country, American culture became a rich and complex blending of cultures from around the world. Generation by generation, decade by decade, American culture has received infusions of new elements from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. African Americans, for instance, brought forth the improvisational music and rhythms of blues and jazz that became the nation’s most globally popular cultural form. An American can savor the flavors and foods of many parts of the world and can hardly read a novel that does not partake of regional culture or immigrant backgrounds.
To be born in the United States, to be born to an American citizen, or through naturalization. U.S. citizenship provides freedoms, protections, and opportunities undreamed of in most places around the world. However free government also hinges on citizens who not only recognize the freedoms and benefits of citizenship, but the responsibilities as well. As citizens with a common political culture, Americans share certain core values including freedom, equality, justice, private property, and individual achievement. At the same time, many Americans disagree over the substance and extent of these values when they are applied to real situations.
The value of independence (or liberty) is essential to our nation’s elementary charters including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights....................
