Who owned the U.S. before the declaration of independence was sidned? IT IS 4 HW!!!?
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The 13 colonies belonged to England (GA, SC, NC, VA, MD, DE, PA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, NH)  France had territorial claims to parts of the Mississippi river valley, Florida and the south west was claimed by Spain. let's not forget Native Americans who were here before England, France or Spain
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The USA is founded on of-the-people, for-the-people, by-the-people.\n\nIf you have some method to audit for these "almost-starved" types of people, - then let the rest of us know.\n\nMy grandparents did not come to America to have big brother peeking in windows to make sure I ate my broccoli!!
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The Declaration of Independence
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America is ONE nation...there was no cohesive government to allow people to come to America back then. There were many many Tribes, some were war like and some weren't...they all wanted to attain what we have today...sooo..to answer you, NO...America belongs to Americans..The declaration of independence was written by Americans for the rest of the world to understand that from now on...we are a nation and will protect our own.
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Hmmm, we did buy Louisianna and Alaska... and we did kill off the natives throughout the west... and we did have a war with the south to make them stay in the union...  I just don't think Americans would like the outcome of an Iraq 51st state national election... ha, and I'm pretty sure Iraqi's have no desire to become a US state.
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USA thinks they own the world
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When the Native Americans were here in the land we now call United States they did not "own" the land, they shared it. But the "white man" came to steal their land with lies and promises and all hell broke loose. \n\nGREED is the word!
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None.  No other country declared or gained independence in 1776
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Kind of a trick question.  What would come to be the United States was governed first by the Continental Congress from 5 September to 26 October 1774.  The Second Continental Congress oversaw the conduct of the War for Independence.\n\nThe "United States" was declared in the Declaration of Independence , July 4, 1776.  However, the very first actual government, The Articles of Confederation, did not take effect until March 2, 1781 when the first Congress of the United States Assembled convened for the first time.  The War for Independece was not concluded until September 3, 1783 with the Treaty of Paris.
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I can't believe you had to come here to find the answer to such a question. As I have stated time and time again, all American citizens under the age of 35 in this country are history illiterate. Do you know who the first president of the United States was? Who bombed Pearl Harbor? What day was the Declaration of Independence signed? \nI had the displeasure once of cracking open a modern history book my daughter who is now 18 and in college brought home from school one day. To my absolute horror, I found more references to Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, the KKK and Bill Clinton than I did George Washington, Abe Lincoln, or Thomas Jefferson. Enjoy the United States while you can folks, because as long as our kids are going to be taught this garbage this country is doomed, and will be gone as we know it much sooner than you all think.
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I agree with Ben Franklin on that. Liberty is our utmost human right, it is not interchangeable or up to be sold to whoever has enough money. I truly believe that our government has used scare tactics on us and staged terrorism and what not to convince us that we need their protection, but for this we need to hand over our liberty. That is truly criminal and unconstitutional, and so not what America stands for! And I know that if we hand over our freedom we will certainly regret it.
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What history book did you read?  Texas won their independence from Mexico and then asked the United States to annex them.
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1787, ratified in 1788. the declaration of independence was written in 1776.
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If you mean the founders in relation to the history of the country, I suggest you look @ \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States
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The US IS a Republic!
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The United States never had any empire full stop.\nThey never claimed other countries as their own.
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WITHOUT THE CONSTITUTION,WHAT GUARANTEE WOULD YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN KEEP ANY FREEDOMS.THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO MAKE WASHINGTON A KING AFTER THE REVOLUTION WAS WON.ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR NAUGHT.BE THANKFUL HIS AND OTHER HEADS WERE CLEAR TO THE CAUSE.