The Hidden Limitations Of Freedom In The United States

Since the birth of the United States there has been attacks on personal liberties that have peered through in the policies that have been passed by the government. They are played off as necessary to the security of the individual and have the agenda of control, those in power are not in favor of the people having the true power in the relationship between government and citizen. The government has had numerous attempts to invade on the civil liberties that have been afforded to us by the United States Constitution and by the memberships such as the UN and the ICCPR which is an international human rights treaty. The treaties that a government agrees to a vital for all of those involved, when a country joins they are stating that they will defend

Built by immigrants across the globe, the United States has flourished tremendously for the past 100 years. But what we tend to overlook are the millions of unheard voices deep in the plains, those of the non-immigrants, the Native Americans. Rich in their culture and heritage, the Native Americans built a system, and co-existed with the environment, in which they hunted and gathered, and shared amongst one another. Their reign was long, and their territory plenty, but this would only last until the early 1490’s when Christopher Columbus would reached the Americas and instill a change and fear that would offset the balance for centuries. With weapons that surpassed that of the indians, they were soon overpowered, leading to years of oppression and division of the races.

Civil Liberties is defined as “the freedom of a citizen to exercise customary rights, as of speech or assembly, without unwarranted or arbitrary interference by the government” (Merriam-Webster) but as time went by, people began to question whether or not civilians civil liberties have been compromised by the government. From Martin Luther King to Children in Long Island being taken, America’s civil liberties . The times may have changed but the people’s civil rights have to but not all have been resolved from Black Lives Matter, Women’s Rights, and the Crisis of Wars and these are the problems we must come to face.

The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, contains a plethora of complaints and “charges” against the then colonial ruler of England, King George III. It is some of these misgivings and violations of basic human rights that the drafters of the current U.S Constitution wanted to ameliorate by

The United States has been known as the “Land of the Free,” “Land of the brave,” and many more other referral words that make it a great nation. It is known from history as the land where everyone is welcome and can make great life. The history of the United States is profound with its rise to the top as the country that is most powerful after the fall of European giants. The opportunities that the land offered to its settlers have continued to be felt till date. But of importance is the freedom from tyranny that America offers its citizens. Culminated in the Constitution is the fact that the country takes seriously individual liberty and this can be seen through important events in the past (Farber & Sherry,

Early in the Earth’s history North America was inhabited by many Indian tribes such as the Cherokee, Ute, Navajo, Apache, Comanche, and Hopi just to name a few. Most of them were hunters and gathers. They flourished off the land, worshiped the land, and made sure to take care of the land. Indians controlled the whole North American continent with very little issues. Then in 1492 a white man named Columbus discovered North America. Over a long period of time more and more white people came and in the 1700’s governments were formed (pushing natives out of their land). This is when political issues between the natives and the whites began because of land and there were constant misunderstandings. The United States has always been more organized which has given the natives a lower hand. Over hundreds of years of history through great violence and debate the United States today is finally becoming more understanding and aware of the native people.

The first step to democracy and equilibrium between order and individual rights is the unalienable rights of the people. The major problem the majority of colonists had with the British Monarch was the lack of protection of the people 's rights. One of their rights that the colonists felt that was infringed upon was the right to criticize the monarch and to speak against it. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson addresses a particular grievance regarding this limit

Our population tends to forget where and how this nation was developed. Long before we came to know of an expanding and advanced American civilization, the indigenous people of this land lived their lives in peace and harmony, unable to foresee the anticipated changes brought forth by the settlers in Europe. It is difficult to completely understand the gravity of how far their misfortunes spread, one can only hope to scratch the surface. In the earlier colonial years, life for native people of North America was changed and disrupted by contact with Europeans. The Native Americans flourished in their diverse cultures and language, similar to Europe. Long before the arrival of the white people to the continent, the native societies maintained a very traditional way of life centered around their spiritual beliefs and unique self-sufficient skills to help their tribes thrive; They treated their sacred lands with respect. On the other hand, European beliefs emphasized the idea that humans had complete domination over the land. With hopes of discovering a New World, settlers disregarded the fact that an Old World existed and was already in place. However, that did not stop different powers from competing for the title of the most preeminent country of Europe. When the colonizers arrived in early America, their cultures merged and resulted in positive outcomes, however, there was a crucial share of negatives. There were exchanges of ideas, crops, and products, as well as diseases and unfair treatment towards one another.

Native Americans are composed of numerous, distant tribes, bands and ethnic groups, many of which survive as intact, sovereign nations. Once a self-governing, self-sufficient people, America Indians were forced to give up their homes and their land, and to subordinate themselves to an alien culture. From the origin of their tribes in the 1500’s to the early nineteenth century, American Indians have experienced oppression. Today, American Indians are more numerous than they have been for several centuries (Andersen & Collins, 2012). Today, Native Americans have a unique

Times were very hard for Native Americans during the mid to late 1800s. The reasons for their afflictions could only be blamed upon the United States of America. For thousands of years, Native Americans had roamed around the Americas. There had also been many tribes spread across the West that fought between each other in order to have their land.1 It wasn’t until after reconstruction in the United States, that the white Americans started having ordeals with the Native Americans. The main tribes involved in the conflict starting around 1850 were the Lakota people and the Sioux. The relationship between them can only be remembered for broken treaties and wars. It is true that these tribes had only mind there own business for many

As Americans we enjoy many different types of freedoms, some of which we take for granted. We have a plethora of opportunities in jobs, sites to see, religions, and lifestyles. I am very thankful that we get to grow as individuals and make the choices we desire rather than someone choosing them for us.

Nothing in society is greater than your God-given right to freedom. The right to freedom is also a privilege. Outside of the US in some of the more desolate areas men, women, and kids are fighting for their lives from guns, diseases and contaminated water, where the only big argument is where and when you can drive a vehicle with air emission or telling someone they should not be smoking for it damages another's health. The legal right for a person to do anything should not affect a community as a whole.

Humans have always had a sense of curiosity for the unknown and a greedy fascination for individual growth without seeing the repercussions on others. The United States culminates these qualities not only as a first-world country but it can also be seen from the very beginnings of the nation’s history. The philosophies’ of early settlers in the United States was to have equality between the people, however Americans failed to incorporate this ideology of equality between all races. The seed of white supremacy had already been planted in many settlers minds and was a mouthpiece to many conflicts with Native Americans. Although there were times of peace between the two factions most Native American history involving white settlers is tarnished with bloodshed. Most conflict could have been resolved between the two if the United States had been willing to compromise and look at the Native American people as equals, instead of a burden to expansionism in the Frontier. However severe the conflicts were with the Native Americans many other conflicts arose, including on the Mexican Frontier. The United States during the mid-1800s was developing an interest in westward expansion into the Frontier. These ideas subconsciously then became the phenomenon of the 19th century, because Americans believed that in order to solidify America as one of the largest, most powerful countries in the world expansion within the North American continent would have

The control that the government has on the citizens of this country has pushed its boundaries and should not be able to dictate out choices. This opinion article 'Limiting our freedoms' published on the citizensforcivilliberties.com written by Oliver Clements talks of not the benefits or negatives of the new reform but of the limitations put on the citizens of Australia, the roles that the government has taken to control us while making us believe that it is for our own benefit. It talks of the restraints that citizens are put under because of the select few that cannot control themselves. Clements does not agree with the new reform but not because he will lose money or that he wants to be able to bet more but because the liberations of the

Our times seem to have been thrown into chaos, because some Americans, in a rebellious and defiant matter, have deemed that the rule of the King of England (and of these colonies) is insufficient and “tyrannical”. However imperfect the King’s rule may be, as he is a human man and not a God, the course of action these Separatists would have us take is imprudent and unwise, and is a revolt against the law and order of this land, and the safety of its inhabitants.