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"American" is listed as synonymous with "European," meaning "white."

Date: 1782

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In Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur describes "Americans" as the descendants of Europeans, thereby solidifying the relationship between nation, race, and lineage.