Does It Mean American?

J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur says in his writings that America is a rich and diverse land and there is no great power in control of them. He says, "Here are no aristocratical families, no courts, no kings, no bishops, no ecclesiastical dominion, no invisible power giving to a few a very visible one; no great manufacturers employing thousands, no great refinements of luxury." In a sense he says that the great lack of high and mighty powers leaves everyone the chance to fill the American dream of being poor and then rich. Later in this speech he says,"Many ages will not see the shores of our great lakes replenished with inland nations, nor the unknown bounds of North America entirely peopled. Who can tell how far it extends? Who can tell the millions of men whom it will feed and contain." In this line he says that a part of being American is the romantic idea that it never ends, that there is a mystery in our land and still makes it great. In this day and age our gap in rich in poor is more susbstantial and our lands are no more a mystery. Does the lack of an even start at riches and the loss of great mystery in the lands of the U.S. change the view of what American means?