Manual

E Pluribus Unum

From many, one.

America’s motto was selected by the rst Great Seal committee in

1776 at the beginning of the American Revolution. The

thirteen original colonies adopted this motto and though spiritual

and geographical differences separated our people, our young na-

tion knew in order to survive we must adopt, preserve, and protect

one common culture. With freedom and liberty threatened under

England’s rule, it was vital we come together as one people for our

health and welfare.

American culture became an appreciation for liberty and freedom, it

became a culture dependent on one’s own will and initiative, and it

became a culture fearful and suspicious of

government authority. These were foundational ideas that all our

people held dear. It bound us as one, regardless of our spiritual

or geographical differences. With these values, our small little “upstart” defeated the most powerful army on earth, and we

subsequently forged the Constitution of the United States from these values.

Not only did we create a new Nation; over the next two hundred years we would become the greatest economic power, and

the greatest military power. With thousands of years of culture and history behind them, European nations could not compete

with the industrial might of the United States, precisely because our culture stimulated and motivated individual initiative and

productivity like no other.