The reason why people risk their lives to fight against the world's super power was because of the reason that they want to have their freedom and to be able to get and achieve the rights in which they think that they truly deserves.
I believe the answer would be all of the above.
The first major domestic crisis of the US government under the Constitution resulted from the federal government exercising its new right to tax the states in order to bring in more revenue to pay down the war debt.
Conquering the mighty Persian empire and others and thus creating one of the largest empires ever. He was King of all Greek nations, Shah of Persia, Pharaoh of Egypt and ruler of many more lands.
