What's the Worse That Could Happen?

As we're learning about the birth of our nation, it got me wondering what problems countries might have now if they were to form from scratch. Believe it or not, new countries are created every so often. When the Soviet Union broke apart, new countries were formed, and formed again as political struggles changed boundaries.

Questions to Consider:
What problems might countries today encounter when starting a new nation? What similarities do those problems have with the ones we encountered when America began?

Who's Duty is It?

We've discussed a lot about your rights and responsibilities as U.S. citizens lately, and how they are covered by our U.S. Constitution. The Bill of Rights protects the citizens of this country, but do you really know what they are? If I didn't force you to learn about them, would you have gone your entire lives without knowing your rights as they are listed in the Bill of Rights? The point I'm trying to make is that the citizens of our country should be responsible for knowing what their rights are. The government's job is to protect the rights, and the citizen's job is to know them. I want to know what you think.

Question to Consider:

Why is it the responsibility of every U.S. citizen to be aware of their rights, and how to protect them?