To what extent does “The American Scholar” reflect the values ​​of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution? Ralph Waldo Emerson is a transcendentalist and his idea of ​​transcendentalism was mainly reflected in a small book called Nature, published in 1836, representing his knowledge in philosophy, religion and literature. He visits American scholars and gives them the speech on the American Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution, where he says that America was under British rule. America gained its independence on July 4, 1776. At that time, Britain was the largest industrial country on the planet, but the standard of living did not improve because the rich still led comfortable lives then that the poor lived in poverty. The divine rights of the king were not taken seriously in America because the British ruled the areas where the powerful British people had the rights and powers to control the country. The British ruled America for 174 years, from the early 1600s until...