It has often been argued that the united states is a "melting pot" of cultures. which is the best explanation of what this means?

Since the United States is a relative young country comprised of immigrants from several countries around the world, United States has a combination of all the different cultures of these immigrants. The people and cultures are combined to a degree so that one similar culture is created from many, which could be defined as a "melting pot".

george calvert wanted maryland to be a colony where could live safely. because georgia's founders wanted a colony of small farms rather than large plantations, they originally banned under british law in the 1700s, people who owed money could be

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”