In the few hundred years that it has been its own independently established nation, America has been witness to an incredible series of radical changes. It was not long ago that slavery existed, women were considered the property of men, people who held any form of a job were immediately thought of as lower-class, and the time-honored traditions, expectations, and social rules concerning family, religion, and education were upheld and practiced without question, as though they were written in the Constitution itself. Even in the past thirty years, the force of progress has overturned many of these old ideas, and it is remarkable that our country, still so young, has managed to stay on top and even lead the rest of the world in re-establishing new boundaries and setting the standard to beat. It can be argued, however, that one defining principle has not disappeared in the undulation of social change, and has in fact been the reason why we are such a powerful nation; our country was founded on the principle of "must have".
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Foto de una carretera en la cual se destacan anunc...The reason why the United States was established is, in part, because the colonists were not afforded the same respect and privileges as their fellow Englishmen, and thus they came to America with the intention of creating a nation that would permit each person to exercise his inalienable rights and voice his needs within a country that was self-serving. Fueled by this feeling that they were owed more than England was giving them, the colonists founded America with the strong belief that they deserved better, and more - better treatment, better living, more rights, more opportunities, more chances to make it big; without the constraint of a governmental system that refused to accept progress, or the weight of traditional influence and social problems such as...