Freedom is defined as the quality or state of being free, but to most Americans it means a whole lot more. It means more to the people who's ancestors came to America from Europe. It meant more to our founding fathers when they fought the war against Britain in 1775 for our freedom and independence, and then wrote the U.S. Constitution to preserve those freedoms. It means more to the over 34,000,000 immigrants (legal and illegal) who are currently living in this country. Freedom is so important to most of the people living in this country because they government is not controlling all of the media, and people have the freedom to go wherever they want, they can pick which ever religion they want.

First off, freedom so important because the government is not controlling all of the media. This may not seem like it's very important but think...