Timothy N. Baldwin, JD. August 27, 2010 Americans have
historically prided themselves in being different from all other
nations of the earth. Stemming from our independent lives and
station from Great Britain--even while being politically subject
to it--the foundation of America rested upon the ideal of
independence, individualism, self-determination and freedom. A
massive and motivating Secession Movement from Great Britain
took only a few years to brew throughout the colonies, given
only minor usurpations from their mother country, comparably
speaking. The colonies’ sovereignty was deemed established not
upon the winning of the war but upon their unilateral
declaration: “these united Colonies ARE, and of Right ought to
be Free and Independent States.” Once their sovereignty was
confirmed by the Treaty of Paris of 1783, constitutions were
formed upon the American ideal of choice, reflection and wisdom,
knowing that the Natural Law principles of self-government
proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence we