Freedom: An Important Thing In America

Freedom is a very important thing in America. The country that I live in, United states of America, gives the same amount of freedom to everyone. Before 1908 only landowning white males could, all of the slaves, women, and the rest of white men that didn’t own land where excluded from voting. It was 1908 when African Americans could vote, but they still had restrictions. Women couldn’t vote till June 4 1919, the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote.
Voting isn’t the only privilege freedom gives to the people, for example there is also freedom of speech The right to express your ideas and opinions when you speak is called freedom of speech. Freedom of speech also means the right to listen to the thoughts and opinions of others. This freedom guarantees that Americans are free to express their thoughts and ideas about anything. They may talk freely to their friends and neighbors or speak in public to a group of people. Of course, no one may use his freedom of speech to injure others. If a person knowingly says things that are false about another, he or she may be sued in court by the person or persons who think they have been harmed by what the other person said. …show more content…
Without freedom of speech if you didn’t like someone you could express your felling without getting sued or in trouble. For example say you said something to the president that he didn’t like, and freedom of speech wasn’t a right then you would be executed for treason. Some other rights are freedom of religion, without that right you wouldn’t be able to express your religion. There are many other rights, and to show gratitude U.S.A celebrates those rights on September 17th every