Today the American dream is the story of rags to riches, that you can do anything. The first person to live the America dream was Benjamin Franklin; he became the embodiment of the American dream. He started poor and errand so much money he became a multi-millionaire. Thomas Jefferson was another person that contributed to the American Dream by writing the Declaration of Independence separating the U.S. from Great Britain by reinstating our freedoms …showed first 75 words of 801 total…

…showed last 75 words of 801 total…free knowing that you can do anything and become anything by just putting your mind to it with hard work. WORK CITED Benjamin Franklin "The Autobiography." Adventurous in American Literature, Ed Francis. New York: Harcart Bruce Jouanouch Thomas Jefferson "The Declaration of Independence." Adventurous in American Literature, Ed Francis. New York: Harcart Bruce Jouanouch Michel -Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur. " Letter from an American Farmer. Adventurous in American Literature, Ed Francis. New York: Harcart Bruce Jouanouch