They didn't use as much force with taxes and weapons were allowed
Protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a free press helps maintain the balance of power in government. Numerous journalists worldwide have been killed while working to fulfill their essential role in free and open societies.
Answer: Yes. We were better over time but we became a poor country until people from all over the world started coming to seek a free country with a right of free religion. Then by the 1800's the US was becoming one of the richer country's across the world.
