What is an American?

According to Webster dictionary, an American is an inhabitant of the western hemisphere, the United States of America, or a person who is of Indian origins from an Asian ancestry.  In my opinion however, an American is neither of those. People who are inhabitants of America can very well become inhabitants of Europe, Australia, Africa, and any other continent on earth and even in space if humans ever become advanced enough to form continents on other planets. No one is truly from America to be classified as an “American” because every ethnicity either settled the American lands or was forced to live here because of slavery. The “true Americans” is the agriculture. The various plants have grown from the American soil.  They have helped to give shelter, clothing and brought about economic benefits to everyone who has populated the land. However, my opinion of the “true” Americans has changed. Once I read the Letters from an American Farmer by Michel-Crèvecoeur I learned that the “true Americans” are not always classified by the ethnicity of a person, but on how this person comes to America and shows him or herself humble to the ways of American life (laws, ideas, opinions, etc.)  The United States of America is still considered a young country, but a country full of all people alike who came together and established new laws, ideas, and manners. But then again, that same experience of establishment and immigration has probably occurred for every other nation as well. Maybe there is no true way to classify yourself as a part of a nation that you preside in. Maybe the only thing we can truly classify ourselves as, is colorful humans of earth. (Maybe that’s what a “true American” is, 313.9 million colorful humans of earth).