Declaring Independence
We Americans are uniquely independent-minded. After all, our country was founded on the idea that we would govern ourselves.
In order to win our independence, before we were even a country, we had to defeat one of the superpowers of the day. Of course, we had an entire continent of resources to back us up-- both land and sea.
We also had time on our side. We could have held out for years. (more…)