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The Us Colony: Guam

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In a country with more than three hundred million people, allowing each person to have a voice would be impossible without the employment of the voting system. The human individual yearns for love, security, peace, and accomplishment, and none of those things would be possible without freedom, and our founding fathers have granted us the key to unlocking our freedom with the power to vote. With enough determination and cooperation, the ballot has the power to change politicians’ views, laws, and the course of history. With the right to vote, each man and woman is entitled to his or her own opinion. While there are two political parties that encompass the majority of Americans, we are not subject to having only two choices. There are the Green, Libertarian, Independent parties, which are of no less importance and significance just because of their popularity. How can one be imprisoned when he or she has the option to choose from a spectrum of political ideals, politicians, and political parties. Our system of government seeks to prevent injustice, the type that our founding fathers endured under a government where they had no voice. Our vote is our tool to create the society we wish to live in. How we live and the laws that govern us are determined by our votes. However, if we choose to not use our vote, there is no guarantee that we can have freedom and justice. There are a surprising amount of similarities between Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States, and the American colonies of England. Both were under the control of a government thousands of miles away, had their own local government, and had different rights than citizens living in their “mother country”. The problem that the American colonies faced was that they did not have a voice or representation in the government that ruled it. Without proper representation, they were subject to