My Year in History

What would America be like if the freedom of speech did not exist? The freedom of speech would not be there if America was not an independent country. Independence from England was granted to us by Thomas Jefferson, and gave us freedom of speech. I enjoy many liberties with the freedom of speech. The constitutional Freedom that I enjoy is the freedom of speech.

First, there would not be a freedom of speech if America was not independent from England. The people who first came from England could not criticize the government. This had a bad effect on the population, because people could not show what the government should fix in order to make it better. This forced the founding fathers to create the Declaration of Independence to allow the people to affect government policy. Independence from England today allows people to affect the government, which is why the freedom of speech is so important.

Second, Tomas Jefferson created the declaration of Independence, which gave us the freedom of speech. When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he promoted the freedom of the people to criticize the government. This freedom stays to this day a right that all Americans enjoy. Without Thomas Jefferson, this freedom would not exist, and people would not be able to criticize the government, which demotes American liberty.

Finally, the freedom of speech allows me to do many things today. For example, with the freedom of speech I can tell the school officials what they should change without being punished. Or, better yet, I could say that the government should not do something, and not be guilty of treason. These things are important to me, because they allow me to make changes that could benefit the country. This proves that the freedom of speech lets a man in America live more like what he wants to, instead of what the government tells him to do.

The freedom of speech is the most enjoyable and historic freedom in the constitution. If not for Independence from England, we wouldn’t have the freedom of speech. Thomas Jefferson, an infamous character, led us to Independence from England, which gave us the freedom of speech. I could do much more with the freedom of speech than without it. If the freedom of speech did not exist, America would be a poor, disorganized, suffering country.