Nothing is ever that simple and the various colonies and subsequent States each have many stories, but you didn't pack up and go on a long risky sea voyage because everything was fine.
Yes some came to get rich other to practice their religion and others just to be free and have a new start.
Once the colonies got well established they rejected the tyranny of the old world and demanded independence.
If you live in this country you need to keep in mind the words of our Declaration of Independence, even if at the time they might have been primarily talking about free white men.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
Over the years we have expanded the meaning to include all people and to secure these rights we have adopted the Bill of Rights to guarantee freedoms of speech, or religion, or assembly among others.
We are about to celebrate President's day and people may very well disagree about the current one, but President's are not the country, the people are.
As Americans we need to hold onto our ideals, and stand up for freedom and equality.
If we can agree on nothing else, we always have our founding ideals.
Our inalienable right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
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