Freedom Is Not Free

Freedom is Not Free

The U.S. is the strongest, most respected, and most powerful country since the

beginning of governments. We have been attacked and we have attacked, and we come

out the winner. Governments have come and gone, but not the United States of

America's government, it just keeps getting stronger everyday. Our government is this

strong and remained like this because of the fallen heroes of our great country.

Even before the United States was created, people tried to take over the

vulnerable government and push the U.S. out of the picture. In 1776, our most powerful

men instituted the drafting of the constitution because colonists like George Washington

wanted their freedom from Britain. The American Revolution resulted from the colonists

wants and needs, standing down to no one, and fighting battles all across this great piece

of land we call America. Men lost their lives and many women were widowed because

these men stood up and fought for their freedom. At the end of the war, President

Washington returned to Virginia where he was unanimously elected our first official

president. He set the stage for the next 43 presidents of the United States to stand up

as the commander in chief and uphold the promise to defend this land and its constitution

by battling the opposition. If the U.S. did not go to war with Britain in the late 1700's,

where would we be today? What might this country be called instead, the United States

of Britain?

The war of 1812 was with the British again. The British were very persistent in

their efforts to regain control of the U.S. while taking 10,000 American residents to

work on their ships. The American military lost 11,300 (http://members.tripod.com)

fighting the Brits off once again ending in the establishment of Canada. If the Americans

did not stand up for their freedom, the Britain's would have barreled over them and taken

control, resulting in the end of America and no creation of Canada. Some 57 years after

ridding of the Brits, there was a very bloody battle, the Civil War. This war resulted with

620,000 Americans dead, and the 13th amendment. (www.civilwar.com) Would slavery

still be in effect if this war did not happen? Would Martin Luther King Jr. ever have

existed? What would be the 13th amendment if slaves were still around?

1939 came around and the U.S. alongside other countries, invaded Germany to

abolish Adolf Hitler. His plan for world domination and killing off the Jews with the use

of concentration camps had to be ended. There was over 291,000 Americans, including

Jewish Americans, killed in action to help rid of Hitler. (www.remember.org) Do you

think that Jewish people would still be around today if World War II did not happen, or

would they be extinct?

There were over 58,000 Americans killed in the Vietnam War (www.us.army.mil)

to ensure the independence for the Vietnamese. The Vietnam War resulted in good

relations with many countries to include South Vietnam. Our nation grew far apart from

ourselves and the majority of the populace did not think highly of the soldiers that were

returning from war. How strong do you think our society would be if the Vietnam War

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