Courage And Grit: The Meaning Of America

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I think courage and grit represent America the most because of these reasons. America was made from us standing against the British and saying we had rights. This took courage and we didn’t stay down even though we were taking on the world’s leading power. When we were fighting the British we were heavily outnumbered but our troops still fought and didn’t give up which showed we had grit. All of our troops were also no where near as equipped as the British army. Our troops were still able to win the war and got America it’s independence. Even after the war we had to go through the challenge of rebuilding our government and making a brand new laws making the Articles of Confederation. We were the new superpower in the world and stayed there.

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