Did Did Tocqueville Get America
Did Tocqueville Get America? When Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in America in 1831, he came with the intentions of evaluating America’s way of life and their unique system of government called Democracy. Tocqueville came from the privileged French aristocracy, yet throughout his Democracy in America, he praises the young country’s ability to avoid the class system. He compares and contrasts America to France, without the church being in command, and he is critical of European royal power that depends on the aristocracy. ... Tocqueville admires America for creating a social revolution, yet feels it could still be better. ... I believe that Tocqueville is an eloquent writer, especially in chapter 1 when he describes what it must have been like for the English settlers upon their arrival to North America.