At the end of World War II<span>, huge swaths of </span>Europe<span> and Asia had been reduced to ruins. ... many long-lasting problems in the </span>future<span>, including the tensions that created .... The planned elections </span>did<span> not take place, as the Soviet Union.</span>
When Benjamin Martin said this he was trying to say if America can be an independent country, if I where there at that time depending which ever side im on, if im a colonist the I would say that american colonists can govern themselves.