What Makes America Great

Essay by Jonathan KoscielskiJunior High, 9th grade March 1996

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I like America because there is opportunity here. I also like America

because of our government that is a democratic government. In other coun¬

tries, their government's are monarchies, or a dictatorship, or even

authoritarian. Some countries are even capitalistic. Here we have the freedom

to sell buy or trade anything that we want. Another reason that I like are

country is that it is full of states. Many of the other counties don't have states.

The privileges are vast because that we do. Some privileges are: you don't

always have to stay where you are you have the freedom to move. Now some

states have different laws but all are good here. Everyone in America has the

right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness. If any of these rights are

taken away then you have the right to go to court. There are many different

types of courts.

there is a District court, a Circuit court, (the only one with a

jury) , a Special Appeals court, and an Appeals court. The court that you will

go to depends on your situation. Our government is made up of three different

branches. They are the Executive branch, Legislative branch and the Judicial

branch. All of these branches check one another so that there is no foul ups.

The reason for the three branches is to split up the power and work. This is

done so that no one branch has more power that the other. I think that others

should move to America because of the opportunity the U. S. has to offer.

The U.S. has many jobs and schools. The schools in the U.S. are great they

teach you all that you would possibly want to know. I know that in some

countries the men can...