Keyword America

I think that i generally understood what Gruesz was saying in realtion to the term America in this article. The general overview is about defining America in terms of its terretories and citezenship and how it has become difficult to define over the years. The main point is how it has evolved from "America" once meaning both the North And South American Continents, to just meaning the United States. And even when defining the United States the understanding is a bit blurry as their are so many defintions of which she mentions for the terrotories and citezens of the USA. She makes the point of how America, the idea of a new world of freedom was already invented by the Europeans before the land was discovered. Therefore the fact that it was founded on an idea it did not naturally develop through ancestory. I couldnt really make out any other points Gruesz was trying to make when defining America but she sort of finishes by saying that one day the new term "Americas" (meaning the two continents) will recieve just as much scrutiny and criticsm as "America" gets today as the world evolves.