Was It Worth It? When the War Was Over and Thousands Had Died, Was It Worth It?

            Was it worth it? This paper will answer that simple question. Thousands had died. They still had freedom and independence, but thousands? “Thousands were slaughtered just for this?” many Americans wondered in their heads. Approximately 25,000 soldiers died on the American side during the war. Of this, only 8,000 died in battle, and the other 17,000 died from disease. So was it worth it?

            It was worth it because we have freedoms now that we never would have had if we had lost that war. We can worship whatever religion we want to, whenever we want to. We have freedom of speech; we can say whatever we want. We have the right to bear arms; we can defend ourselves and we can own weapons. We can only be taxed through the consent of the people. All of these freedoms would have never existed because if we weren’t independent, we couldn’t make the Constitution, which gives us rights and freedoms. But these freedoms weren’t the only reason it was worth it.

            It was worth it because the soldiers who died in that war truly went to a much better place up in heaven. There, they could have the chance to accept the gospel and later have ordinances performed for them in the temple. It was also better in heaven because they were not freezing, suffering, or being afraid of dying in heaven. Of course I don’t know all of the details, but I know that it was a better place than where they were before.

            It was worth it for the people who died to look down onto the earth and see their descendants benefited for what they did. I am sure everyone was happier after they died, because they could enjoy watching God’s work come to pass through the freedoms that they had helped win.

            It was worth it for the glory. After defeating the British, we eventually became the most powerful country in the world, and that is why our country grows so much. Everyone wants to move here. This is a land of opportunity. You can be whatever you want to be. You can do almost whatever you want to do. This is why so many great people in the world were Americans, and why many improvements to the world came from us. The lightbulb is American. The television is American. Most sports are American, or improved by America. Computers, the I-Pod, and the hot dog; all of these great things have come out of America. Thomas Edison, George Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.; all of these great people were from America and didn’t only believe in, but lived the American Dream.

            For all of these reasons the answer is yes, it was worth it! We are starting to lose our ground now to other countries because we are in debt, in need of good presidents, and a lot of us are lazy and hate to work hard. This is why the American Dream is slowly fading. We need to bring back what once was to this country, and the answer to that question will always be yes. When the war was over, and thousands had died, it was worth it.