1. Democracy. The Constitution begins 'We the People of the United States', showing right from the get go that the US is run by The People. It's We The People who ordained the Constitution, make it legitimate, etc. The Constitution is clearly about one man/one vote, representatives elected by the people of each state, the president elected by delegates elected by the people. Originally Senators were elected by state legislatures, but they are elected directly now.
<span>And originally, the idea of who could vote was much more restrictive. Several amendments have widened the classification of 'voter'. People who used to be slaves, and women, in particular, have been added. </span>
<span>2. Equality. The Constitution, and 'The American Way' allows for only one level of citizenship. ALL citizens (supposedly) have exactly the same rights and privileges under law. Anyway, that's the idea. In practice it doesn't always work that way. Again we've needed amendments to force states to accept blacks, naturalized citizens, etc., as full citizens. </span>
<span>3. Freedom. This is the most subjective since everyone has a little different idea of freedom. Some people think 'freedom' means the right to carry a gun around wherever they want. But in reality our freedoms are protected by all the rest of the Bill of Rights. Freedom (to me) means you can't be arrested or punished unless it can be proven you did something wrong. You have the right to defend yourself, the right not to incriminate yourself, etc. Beyond that, we have the freedom to move around the country, pick a career, live wherever we want, work at any job where we can be hired, and basically to live our life with only as much govt. interference as necessary. </span>
<span>4. Opportunity. All these things are connected. Opportunity is a form of freedom. It means that everyone can get a good education regardless of their parents' ability to pay. And that someone can rise as high in life as he is able, despite the place he was born or the condition of his family. Again, this is an ideal, in practice it doesn't always work out. Opportunity and what we call 'social mobility' is driven by education, and there are forces in the US that are trying to destroy public education so their own children will have an advantage over kids born poorer. </span>
<span>5. Rights. Also related to the 'classless' society. Everyone has the same rights, including police and fire protection, use of public resources like roads and bridges and parks, freedom from persecution, the right to vote, to dissent and protest, to believe as they please, etc. etc.</span>
The Dutch East India Company was a trading company. It had many rivals, but it didn't specifically focus on waging war or combat, it was used to focus their trade powers between territories.
"North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies but, South Vietnam was supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand, and other anti-communist allies." I hope this helps :)
In 1820 120 thousand Native Americans lived east of the Mississippi River, by 1844 fewer than 30 thousand were left there.
As the US pushed the boundaries of its territory East and West the Native Americans suffered. President Andrew Jackson passed the Removal Act on the Congress in 1830, the bill forced Native Americans to leave the US and settle in “Indian Territory” west of the Mississippi River. Americans needed more land for white settlement, army and militia patrols supervised the tribes.
The Cherokee tribes did not agree with the bill and challenged it, thousands of federal soldiers entered the territory and forced them to relocate. It was on this moment that the “Trail of Tears” happened, Cherokees were forced to march a thousand miles into Indian Territory and about 4 thousand of them died. The Indians were not provided with adequate supplies and many died due to disease and starvation. Some estimate that close to 100 thousand Native Americans lost their lives and their homelands in the series of forced migrations that lasted through the 1840s.
