Pioneering Americans marooned by geography
a. never took the time to explore the beauty of the natural landscape.
b. grew to depend on other people for most of their basic needs.
c. abandoned the rugged individualism of colonial Americans.
d. never looked for any help beyond their immediate family.
e. were often ill informed, superstitious, provincial, and fiercely individualistic.
e
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