The Importance Of Hope In America

Hope Hope has been called for by many people when they think that the situation is basically lost, but it can symbolize much more. Hope emcompasses everything in life because without hope, no one in the world would have the courage to face the injustices that exist in this world today. Many people think that hope is the idea that wishing for something to happen will help in life, but this definition does not include how it can inspire people to do accomplish impossible tasks when faced with great adversity. Hope is basically the universal human desire to always persevere through the tough times that come and emerge from it much stronger than before by positive action. Every difficulty that is faced by people has been overcome in the past

For example, the American Revolution was an unprecedented attempt at trying to overthrow the greatest world power at the time, Great Britain, and the American colonies were at a grave disadvantage in almost every way. The few advantages that the American colonies(soon to be United States) had were that they fought on their home soil and superior numbers due to British troops needing to cross the Atlantic Ocean before fighting. The leader of the Continental Army was George Washington, a well reputed Virginian planter, and he would have a difficult time shaping up his basically militia forces into a real army verses he much more experienced English Army. In the beginning, the first few fights that Washington led were spectacular failures, and it wasn’t until the American victory at Saratoga that other world powers in Europe considered the rebellion in the North American colonies to be a worthwhile venture to support. During the conflict, Washington knew his army’s weaknesses and understood that his victories would have to come from overwhelming numbers, not a well disciplined force typically expected of armies. This soon changed when the American general was gifted with Friedrich Steuben, a Prussian man who migrated to the colonies and drilled the Continental army into a proper fighting force. After Washington’s stay in Valley Forge, his army would have much more confidence in themselves because finally a foreign power, France, recognized the American effort and signed an alliance to fight against the British. The morale boost from the alliance showed that hope came from action, not sitting around and wishing that some miracle would occur out of nowhere. The American Revolution ended with the United States of America gaining its own sovereignty when few expected it could be done during the beginning of the conflict. Hope was a