The Importance Of America's Declaration Of Independence

Right after America declared their independence from the British, the government also included Americans right to pursue happiness as one of the most important privileges. This promise has not been kept because it does not seem that Americans are happy today. Even though happiness is not a gift that the government can give to its citizens, it is up them to step out of the way and allow its citizens to create their own happiness. Americans have to fight to pursue their true happiness. This is why America needs declare independence one more time. America needs to declare independence again because the government isn 't allowing their citizens to pursue their own happiness as they were promised to. According to Harris Poll, only one third of Americans are very …show more content…
Economic conditions are playing a role in declining the level of happiness instead of rising them therefore rising the level of stress. A stress survey was made to evaluate the level of stress of Americans, the results were quite surprising because young people reported higher stress level than older people. That means that happiness increases along with age. The research showed that Americans older than 50 are more likely to be very happy than young people. Some of the richest and most successful people in the world are in America. Many people refer to America as the most powerful country in the world and that is true. But the people living in America are not happier than anyone else in the world. According to the world happiness report, America is 17th happy country out of 156. As America 's economy is the higher than any other country in the World, Americans should be happier than anyone else in the world too but that does not seem not the case today according to all the research.The main reason is that Americans care more about their personal material gains than the happiness of others. Happiness starts with turning off