Essay About American Revolution And Beginning Of Governments

Freedom Is Not Free
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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
Americas 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 1700s,
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 (
fighting the Brits off once again ending in the establishment of Canada. If the Americans
did not stand up for their freedom, the Britains 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