Sentence examples for american beginnings from inspiring English sources

Take, for example, its American beginnings.

The movement's American beginnings were muddled, however, with several competing organizations claiming authenticity.

"The Ocean World" contrasts the conventional account of American beginnings, which stresses political ideals, religious freedom and economic opportunity, with a wider view that brings in sea-borne trade and slavery.

By the time Sergio Leone got to Monument Valley in 1968 to film exteriors for Once Upon a Time in the West, its sandstone buttes – engrained in the popular consciousness by their presence in John Ford's westerns – had already assumed the hulking mythic grandeur the great Italian director needed for his story of American beginnings.

The new pontiff represents many beginnings: first Latin American, first Jesuit, first to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, first to hail from the Southern Hemisphere, first non-European in 1,272 years.

"As an African American with beginnings in Chicago, I see ritual in religion, dance, music, storytelling and art," Simmons tells Creators.

Beyond Mexican-Americans, the beginnings of dissatisfaction with the Republicans were visible in the 2006 elections, when Gov. Rick Perry managed to win only 39percentt of the state vote against a liberal Democrat, an independent and the gonzo novelist Kinky Friedman.

Since its beginnings, American writing has been in dialogue with other literatures.

From its earliest beginnings American identity was crafted in opposition to that which was non-white.

From the nation's beginnings, Americans have recognized protest as a hallmark of democracy and freedom.

Just as modern American drama had its beginnings in little theatres, modern American poetry took form in little magazines.