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America was founded, settled and fashioned by the [[British Empire]], but then broke away in the [[American Revolution]], declaring independence in 1776 in the name of [[republicanism]].
America was founded, settled and fashioned by the [[British Empire]], but then broke away in the [[American Revolution]], declaring independence in 1776 in the name of [[republicanism]].
[[Thomas Jefferson]] saw America's mission as creating a global "Empire of Liberty" -- that is promoting freedom and liberty around the globe by example, by expansion, and by intervention. Major exponents included [[Abraham Lincoln]] (in the Gettysburg Address (1863), [[Woodrow Wilson]] and "[[Wilsonianism]]'', and [[George W. Bush]] in the drive for liberty and democracy around the world.
[[Thomas Jefferson]] saw America's mission as creating a global "Empire of Liberty" -- that is promoting freedom and liberty around the globe by example, by expansion, and by intervention. Major exponents included [[Abraham Lincoln]] (in the Gettysburg Address (1863), [[Woodrow Wilson]] and "[[Wilsonianism]]", and [[George W. Bush]] in the drive for liberty and democracy around the world.
In [[American diplomatic history]] the Empire of Liberty has meant opposition to tyranny and totalitarianism, especially in the [[Spanish American War]] (1898), [[World War I]], [[World War II]], the [[Cold War]] and the [[War on terrorism]].[[File:Judge-2-6-1897.jpg|thumb|370px|[[Columbia]] (the American people) reaches out to help oppressed Cuba in 1897 while Uncle Sam (the US Government) is blind. ''Judge'' magazine, Feb. 6, 1897]]
In [[American diplomatic history]] the Empire of Liberty has meant opposition to tyranny and totalitarianism, especially in the [[Spanish American War]] (1898), [[World War I]], [[World War II]], the [[Cold War]] and the [[War on terrorism]].[[File:Judge-2-6-1897.jpg|thumb|370px|[[Columbia]] (the American people) reaches out to help oppressed Cuba in 1897 while Uncle Sam (the US Government) is blind. ''Judge'' magazine, Feb. 6, 1897]]