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As A Nation Are We Really Independent?

Freedom has many definitions. According to Google, it’s the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Whereas Merriam-Webster defines it in one definition as liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another and Websters defines it as “not subject to control by others”. It is a political right, but what are its implications? As a nation can we really call ourselves free or independent? THESIS STATEMENT: Because of the word’s definition, we, as a nation, are not completely independent; we are actually interdependent and that’s not a bad thing.

First we will fly free and learn about the history of our nation. Then, we will examine the stars and

On History.com it states that our first president, George Washington, “believed that it was in the colonists best interest to declare independence from England”. Another founding father, Thomas Paine, published Common Sense, the first pamphlet to advocate American independence. It outlined ideas that would remain central to our country’s ideals: the absence of a monarchical system, equal rights among all citizens, and the significance the American Revolution would have on the world. It was this document that set up the popular phrase in the Declaration of Independence declaring each man the right to “life, liberty, and property” which they changed later to the pursuit of happiness. He inspired people to rally for independence from Great

Fast forward a couple hundred years from our birth, and we have the two World Wars. Although we tried to stay neutral, we started forming these codependent relationships with other countries. On April 6, 1917 the U.S. joined the allies in the First World War. The United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy all joined what was called the Allied Powers. Foxnews.com writer Arthur Herman, a senior fellow with the Hudson institute states that “America’s role in what was then the world’s bloodiest and most destructive war signaled the emergence of the U.S. as the arbiter of a new world order… One that would be built around America’s economic strength, military power and moral authority as promoter and defender of democracy and freedom.” Against the Allied Powers were the Central Powers made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Because of these pacts, one could argue that we are not completely independent. Although we are not having to answer to any country that rules above us, there were things that we could not have done at the time; thus, there were rules we could not break. We also relied on the other Allied countries to help us fight; thus, we were interdependent not independent as many citizens might think. One result of World War 1 ending, women became more independent one example is that they got the