The Importance Of Freedom In America

America is the universal symbol of freedom. But is it really free? Does the history of the United States stay true to the ideas of our forefathers? Or has the definition been altered to fit American policies? Has freedom defined America? Or has America defined freedom? I believe America was at first defined by freedom, then after time, America defined freedom, altering the definition to fit the niche it fits in, but still keeping key components so it still seems to be staying true to the ideas of America’s founding fathers.

Throughout the history of the world, people always rebelled to push what they believed is right so man can have freedom. Some of the historical events that showed a push for more freedom are The Civil Rights Movement, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. What is freedom? Well freedom in American context is that people from all over the world can have natural rights that were given to them from foundation of the world from Heavenly Father. The people’s natural rights allow them to practice religion and agency any way or form he or she pleases to practice. Before Americans had the freedom practice natural rights, they had to fight to obtain freedom. Long before the Revolutionary War started, there were many events, public figures and beliefs that led the people of thirteen colonies to fight back against Great Britain to create the foundation of the United States. Even though there are many ideas, events and people who helped found America, two historical figures Thomas Paine and George Washington gave fuel for the colonist to rebel against the British. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson fueled the colonist by leading them, motivating them and providing information why the colonist should rebel. Thus the historical figures paved the way for America.

Everyone has their own version of what the definition of freedom is here in the United States but the basic definition it is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Under the circumstances of following the laws. As time has gone on it has helped freedom come along way with all the different eras and the ups and the downs that occurred that has shaped us to that “American Dream” of freedom we have today. There are many events that helped shape Americans freedom today and these are just some of the events that really helped push the rights we have today, woman starting to get jobs, slaves getting freed, Native Americans sharing land, segregation, equal rights to all and passing the law for gay marriage.

When martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed to the world that he had a dream, people stopped and realized it didn’t have to be just a dream. People didn’t just listen to what this leader had to say, they actually heard him, and they understood him. Society today reflects the hundreds of peaceful, or sometimes not so peaceful, protests held by leaders of our past and present that were heard and understood. Without peaceful protest to laws, segregation may still be in America. Same sex marriage may not be legal. Women may not have as many rights as they do now. Freedom today in America, for example, is different than freedom fifty years ago. Freedom today includes all peoples instead of a select few. Resistance to laws brought this free society farther

Americans went through many experiences to move into their independence, they had a lack of freedom and equality. In this era, the word “freedom” may have been looked upon differently. Many people suffered, however; some people had more rights than others. There were many limitations to people based on color of skin (race). There were many opinions and different perspectives on whether everyone deserved freedom and equality. These obstacles have shaped the America for what it is known as today. Although America went through many experiences such as lack of freedom, and moving forward into their independence, they had to make decisions on who deserved freedom; however, they gained the reputation of being land of the free.

Freedom and safety is something every individual should have. Safety plays a much more important role than freedom. Without safety there is no freedom. Freedom in the United States of America is limiting because of the how low safety is. The number of attacks on the U.S per year increase, this makes Americans afraid to go to work, school, even taking one step out of your house for mail. An article published by Newsela staff “PRO/CON: Should Apple have resisted FBI pressure to hack an iPhone?” verbalizes both sides of FBI dropping a lawsuit against Apple, ending it’s desire to force the company to create software to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino, California, Syed Farook’s gunmen. The article explains the rights and wrongs of the FBI the

Freedom is the singular concept that the United States has embraced as a nation since July 4, 1776. The United States would not have the freedom that its citizens have today without the sacrifice of the thousands of lives that have died, and the sacrifice of the millions that fight every single day to keep our country safe and independent. A military force, backed by over 1.4 million people, is defending a nation, in which over 310 million people reside.

Freedom is something that everybody wants, it has been fought for by many countries for many years. When I think about freedom I think of all the things that we have the ability to do that other countries or other societies don’t have. From wing able to voice our opinion to being able to go see a movie like dead pool or other movies like that, which, in many countries seeing it wouldn't even be an option. Freedom is in everything, we live and breathe freedom.

Since the beginning of its inception, the United States of America has been known to be a nation of freedom. However, whether this freedom has been for all its citizens has been left up to debate. While many people declare that many social factors such as sex, race, and religion have no imposement on liberty, there is much evidence to show liberty has always been and still is prejudice. Because of the way they are, people who decide the innocence of a person of a minority will likely have many judgements and assumptions based on the individual’s race as well as view someone within the same demographic as them as more trustworthy. Consequently, America does not guarantee liberty to all its citizens.

Ever since the attack of the World Trade Center on 9/11, the United States of America has worked hard to enhance its national security. However, this increase in security often conflicts with the freedoms that are given to America’s citizens. America is all about freedom - after all, we fought so hard for it when we began breaking ties with England. So, when new security measures began to prevent us from having certain freedoms, it raised the following question: how can we balance safety and personal liberty? It’s a tricky question - it’s hard to keep people safe while at the same time allowing them to be so free. Freedom comes with the ability for people to make their own decisions - and those decisions aren’t always the best. In my opinion,

As a child growing up in the United States education system you are often times introduced to documents like the Constitution as a basis for the ideals of freedom and equality in our nation. Despite the legislative and social progress made over the course of two hundred and forty year history as nation equality, especially amongst race and class, is still a pressing issue in America. With almost every stride taken towards the creation of this “land of the free” that includes women as well as racial minorities there is a harsh conservative and often times racist push back to meet it. These push backs can fall into a number of categories such as social a la the great revival of religion during the industrial revolution, political like the

The “freedom” we have in the United States, isn’t complete, just like everything else, it’s limited. We don’t have forced labor, yet we have minimal wages, which is nearly the same. We are not forced to do certain things, yet we are forced to do others, like pay taxes, for example. The American dream everyone hopes for, is just that, a dream, because the U.S government does anything to impede you from reaching it. They take your money away when they barely give you any. People make merchandise higher when the wages in the area rise. America is greedy for money. Because America gives us crumbs of freedom, we fool ourselves, believing that we are full of freedom.

One of the best things about America is the freedom we are allowed to have. Of all of our rights, our most important three are life, liberty, and property. John Locke, a philosopher from England said,” This law of nature requires that no one should harm another in his natural rights to life, liberty, and property. He is saying that we have the right to life, a right to liberty, which means we have our own say in things. We also have the right to property, which means we can own a house, a car, and anything our heart desires. These are only a sliver of the rights we have as an American citizen.

of us fail to cherish and value our granted freedom. Many of us do not

One hot sunny evening, I decided to go to Starbucks to grab a drink, normally I would go through the drive-thru but it was so hot that I decided to park and walk inside to order my drink instead. As I was walking in, to stand in line I happened to run into an old friend of mine, Thomas Jefferson. Thomas, wrote the ‘Declaration of Independence’, he seemed quite in a great mood. As I was staring at him, I asked him, “Why in such a great mood?” He replied, “It's a beautiful day to be free! Because freedom is my greatest happiness.” I sure was glad for him to see this glad; however, I felt confused by his comment, “freedom is my greatest happiness.” I asked Thomas, “Do you have time to hang out and chat for a while?” he immediately, said, “yes! It’s been a while since we talked.” Once I grabbed my drink I walked over to the tablet to sit down with him, shortly after three other good friends walked in and sat down with us in the table soon after they ordered their drinks. We all started to talk and catch up on our lives. They all seemed very content, relaxed yet satisfied with life, in the contrary I felt stressed and tensed up, I wanted to be as content as them but it was nearly impossible only because my situation was different from theirs. They all noticed and started to ask me, what was going on? I felt as why bother to bore them with my troubles, so I changed my conversation; instead I asked, "you guys all look so happy, what's the secret?” They all smirked and started to share their thoughts.