Many assert "We are the greatest", a cliche' of our modern jackasses, whose awareness of history
would embarrass a brick. A case in point is the '1619' malarkey trumpeted by Prof. Hanna the Jerk!!!
In 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia brought closure to the 30 Years War; among its Terms & Conditions
being the concepts of National Self-determination, Territorial Integrity and Sovereign Right.
The Treaty defined the nation/state as:
* an entity w/clearly defined borders within which its citizens had been birthed.
* rule over those citizens lay in the authority of its governance within that nation/state.
* each nation/state having sovereign right to determine its destiny and that of it's citizens.
In 1619 we were NOT a nation/state w/the right of self-governance, as we were a Crown Colony of Great Britain and our governance was controlled by the English Monarch as well as the Houses of Lords and Commons! Someone alert this moron!!!