What does it mean to be American? What is “the American dream?”

What it means to be American is to have the freedoms given to us by the Constitution that other places in the world do not have. The constitution gives Americans the right to express their ideas, opinions, act freely, and more without the government restricting those powers. I think the American dream is different for everyone but overall is the chance to live your life with the three human rights of  life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Additionally, I feel it means that you can achieve anything in America no matter what background, social class etc. because there are no limitations on what you can achieve here. For immigrants the American dream often means the chance to live a successful, stable, and safe life without the less problems like poverty, war, and government instability from their native country. This dream will generally allow them to have a good paying job, own property like a home, get an education, and have a promising future for you and your family with the help of hard work and dedication. America will provide Americans with generally equal opportunity to be prosperous but you have to be a determined hard worker. ​