Originally Posted by Mutt

Read a good American history book - you'll be fascinated. The theme of 'rugged individualism' is a recurring one. One's own land and property and protecting it was very important to those who bolted from Europe to make new lives in the New World. America's strengths are also its weaknesses.
What was accomplished in the United States and United States Jr.(Canada) is a very impressive feat - nothing but trees, mountains, plains, lakes only a short time ago really and look what those settlers and later on more immigrants from Europe accomplished.