Posted by
emjayne on Friday, April 18, 2008 5:42:10 PM
Every time I read about someone moaning about the Iraq War still going on I think about the beginning of our country.
The beginning of the break from England was in 1775 . This was the beginning of an 8 year struggle for independence.
The Articles of Confederation were agreed to by the Continental Congress in 1771.
The Revolution was over with the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
The Constitution was in effect in 1789.
This all happened to people who were used to liberty, had been making their own laws, and running their own business for more than a hundred years. AND IT STILL TOOK THEM 8 YEARS TO GET FREE...AND 14 YEARS TO GET A CONSTITUTION!!
And they hadn't been under a dictator for 30 years or more. And they weren't split by sectarian beliefs. And they didn't have foreign terrorists interfering with the process of becoming a free nation. AND IT STILL TOOK THEM 8 YEARS.
I can't find out how many were killed. Wiki wants to know if anyone finds an answer to that.