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1. "Aristocracy had made a chain of all the members of the community, from the peasant to the king; democracy breaks that chain and severs every link of it," charged Tocqueville. In which ways were Americans liberated by that severed chain of obligation? How were they cast adrift?2. Why did Tocqueville find Americans "restless in the midst of abundance"?3. Was Tocqueville's assessment applicable to all of America, or merely a part of it?Learn more about Democracy in America, Tocqueville, and the United States during his visit by following this Web link to text archives at the University of Virginia.
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