Examples Of Equality In America

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Since the beggining America has appeared as a “utopia” of freedom and continues to draw people escaping opression and looking for their american dream. With each century this idea has flucutated from simple hopes of equality, to stability, and recently to lavish homes and lives. The dream really began when Thomas Jefferson stated,“All men are created equal” and that they were endowed with the inalienable rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Those seeking liberty fled their opressed lives in Europe with this common dream of finding freedome and equality. Land could be owned by anyone and it was a chance to start fresh with abundant oppurtunity. As the centuries progressed and the country shifted greatly from agriculture