Americans in today's society see their home country as a melting pot of cultures, customs, and beliefs. America has grown to become the most culturally diverse nation in the world, but this feat did not happen quickly. The most culturally diverse country in the world consisted, in its most ancient forms, of a wild and pristine land, as well as a race of people who lived to worship the land on which they thrived. Only after their land was explored and settled by civilizations from the far west did America begin to see this cultural transformation we know today. Towards the end of the 1400s, America began to experience its extreme transformation into the United States. The changes in American identity manifest themselves with characteristics such as immense freedom, ethnocentrism and deception. Around the end of the 1400s there was a delay in the progress of the world's civilizations. England and the rest of Europe are in turmoil, but most Europeans are growing tired of monarchical rule. John Winthrop, the future governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, described England at the time as "this sinful land...this land grows weary of its inhabitants." freedom in the New World. The powers of the Far West (Persia, India, Japan, China) prosper when Christopher Columbus receives the blessing from Queen Isabella to embark on a voyage to the New World. The region is rich thanks to the long-standing and masterful use of the silk trade. Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus learns of the area's vast gold reserves and makes it his mission to find gold. Columbus sets sail on the Mayflower bound for gold in India, but unknowingly is on the verge of making the greatest discovery in the history of European explorers. One of the first characteristics of the American identity is immense freedom. At this time, in the fifteenth century, there are a few religions in England, all struggling to practice freely under the English (Catholic) monarch. Two examples of English citizens who wanted to seek religious freedom in the New World are John Winthrop and William Bradford. Winthrop was a Puritan who declared that he wanted to “build a city on a hill” in the New World, a “Companionship of Christ united by Love” city. This was a big step by Britain's religious monarch. Winthrop was able to found the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the basis that each colonist "carried one another's burdens." This helpful spirit has helped shape America today. William Bradford wanted to found a church, in the new world, “of ancient purity, free from European bondage. “William Bradford's free education of Plymouth Colony, like Winthrop, set the tone for the religiously free American mainframe. Although the America we live in today is a glorious mix of cultures and races, there is a profound ethnocentric background. Ethnocentrism is defined as “judging another culture solely by the values ​​and standards of one's own culture,” or racism in modern terms. Cabeza de Vaca recounted in “Relation de Vaca” how the Native Americans appeared to the Spanish explorer as savages. De Vaca's characterization of Native Americans as "savages" is similar to that of other explorers. This characterization most likely stems from the explorer's thirst and greed for land occupied by Native Americans. Puritans thought that the Old Testament of the Bible condoned slaveholding, and since one of the first colonial establishments was founded by Puritans, (Massachusetts Bay Colony) slavery was an important part of the colonial economy. This in turn gave way to the modern