The early American colonists were remarkably self-sufficient.

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Boston, New York, and Philadelphia were the largest cities in the American colonies during the eighteenth century, but most American colonists did not live in cities.

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The British colonies in North America were large in land area compared to the nations of Europe at the time.

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Along the eastern seacoast, where the British colonists settled, the native people lived in well-organized tribes known as the Eastern Woodland tribes.

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Each generation must examine and evaluate the nation's fundamental principles. The American Founders themselves were vigorous critics of the wisdom that they had inherited and the principles in which they believed.

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Learn about George Mason's idea of "frequent recurrence to fundamental principles" in today's 60-Second Civics.

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The victory of Solidarity over Polish communism inspired similar victories, known as the Revolutions of 1989, in neighboring Soviet satellites in Central and Eastern Europe.

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The British economist John Maynard Keynes once remarked that "in the long run it is ideas and not men who rule the world."

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The United States began as a test to see if certain ideas about government, many never before tried on such a scale or in such a way, would work.

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Technology has had the greatest effect on globalization. Technological innovations provide consumers, investors, and businesses with virtually instant access to important information for making decisions.

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