July 4, 1776.This is when we declared ourselves independent and as The United Stated of America
what major problem did the earliest settlers of Amsterdam encounter? The biggest problems they had to face were themselves, they were in a new place and failure could result in it being the end of there travels for good. They also had to face the struggles of basically building up a new colonization.
Explanation: I did some research on the earliest settlers.
The answer is liberty and equality
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