America's Fifth Revolution: A Federation of Nations

By Dennis Cassidy

Ever since its conception the United States has experienced continuous revolutionary periods. Facilitated by the First Amendment to the Constitution, our founding fathers realized that's the country would always be receptive to revolutionary ideas.
It started with the Agrarian Revolution, when the United States tripled in size due to the Louisianna Purchase in 1803 and the Mexican--American War in 1848. Then the United States entered the Industrial Revolution and the country became an industrialized nation. At the start of the Industrial Revolution in 1850, 90% of our citizens lived on farms. By the end of the Industrial Revolution, 1900, 90% of our citizens lived in towns or cities. The Industrial Revolution was followed by the Social Welfare Revolution which empowered these citizens with a layer of social programs to embellish their urban lifestyles. Next came the Technological Revolution that changed the United States from a manufacturing nation into a high-tech colossus. During the Technological Revolution, the United States sent many of its low paying factory jobs to undeveloped countries and developed higher paying high-tech jobs. The Technological Revolution pushed the United States into the Information Revolution. The Information Revolution not only revolutionized how the United States obtained information but also changed how the other countries of the world obtained their information. As a result of the Information Revolution, even undeveloped countries have access to all the information in the world via the internet.
Today, the world is overwhelmed with political and military conflicts around the world. The United States needs to lead the nations of the world into amending the United Nations charter. The present charter of the United Nations is ineffectual. By amending the charter of the United Nations, a revolutionary Federation of Nations would established. The Federation would be empowered to limit population growth and reduce the amount of green house gases that are being emitted into the atmosphere. Once the Federation is established, the world will become much more stable politically and environmentally.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dennis Cassidy
• Release date: May 14, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311405630

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AMERICA’S FIFTH REVOLUTION

A FEDERATION OF NATIONS

THE AGRAIRIAN, INDUSTRIAL, SOCIAL WELFARE

TECHNOLOGICAL AND INFORMATION REVOLUTIONS

DENNIS CASSIDY

Copyright © 2015 Dennis Cassidy

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1: The Revolutionary Constitution

Chapter 2: The Agrarian Revolution

Chapter 3: The Industrial Revolution

Chapter 4: The Social Welfare Revolution

Chapter 5: The Technological Revolution

Chapter 6: The Information Revolution

Chapter 7: Amendments to The Charter of the United Nations

Chapter 8: Initial Legislation

Chapter 9: Other Required Legislation

Chapter 10: Funding The Federation

CHAPTER 1

THE REVOLUTIONARY CONSTITUTION

As I listened to the world news recently, I was troubled by all the conflicts that are occurring around the world. Russia is invading Ukraine, ISIL is invading Syria and Iraq, Boko Haram rebels are fighting in Nigeria, Shia Moslems are invading Yemen, rebel forces are fighting in Libya and the United States is negotiating with Iran to prevent them from obtaining nuclear weapons. It seems like an information blitzkrieg is happening every day. And the United States is involved in all these conflicts. How did The United States become the world’s policeman? Will Secretary of State John Kerry be able to settle all these conflicts diplomatically?

Then I thought, why isn’t United Nations doing anything to resolve these conflicts? Wasn’t the United Nations created in order promote peace around the world? Perhaps the countries of the world need to review the charter of the United Nations and amend it so that the United Nations has the power and authority to resolve the conflicts around the world.

Then I recalled, that the United States had a similar problem in 1787. In 1787 the Thirteen Colonies were governed by the Articles of Confederation. However, there were many conflicts between the Colonies that the Articles of Confederation could not resolve. So the Colonies had a constitutional convention in 1787. As a result of the constitutional convention, the delegates scrapped the Articles of Confederation and created the Constitution of the United States.

Therefore, I reviewed the history surrounding the Articles of Confederation and the Revolutionary War. After I studied the Revolutionary War, I came to the realization that the Revolutionary War was fought by army of revolutionary warriors. I know that through the years, George Washington has been glorified in the United States as the great general of the Continental Army. In reality George Washington was the leader of an army of revolutionary guerilla fighters. I realize that this may sound irreverent, but bear with me. Remember that I am exorcizing my right of free speech, which the US holds in such high regard. The Thirteen Colonies had a combined population of about 2.5 million citizens and the Continental Army had at best a force of 20,000 untrained soldiers. Great Britain had a population 12 million with a army of several hundred thousand trained soldiers of which about 50,000 were stationed in the Colonies, Canada and the West Indies. It really would have been a total disaster if the Continental Army had tried to fight the war the way traditional armies fought wars in continental Europe. As a matter of fact from 1775 through 1783, a period of 8 years, only a few major battles were fought where both armies were engaged in classical warfare. For the most part Washington fought a war of retreat and guerilla warfare. As a mater of fact, Washington’s great victory at Valley Forge on the night of Christmas day can only be considered a guerilla raid on the eve of a sacred holiday not unlike the TET offensive in Viet Nam.

Very few of Washington’s guerillas had military uniforms and if they had a rifle it was one that they had brought from home. Also the rebel army was always low on gunpowder and they never received the armaments the Continental Congress promised. Since the rebel army was poorly supplied, Washington avoided pitched battles in order to save gunpowder. Therefore, Washington followed a path of retreat from Boston to New York to Philadelphia to Virginia. While he was retreating, he constantly ordered raiding parties to ambush and disrupt the following British army. This was a very successful strategy because the trailing British army would be several miles long. The British army would be lead by cavalry troops, followed by foot soldiers, followed by cannons and finally fifty to one hundred supply wagons. The British were fighting the war just like they would have in Europe. Probably, the worst tactic Washington used was his order for the raiding parties to kill as many British officers as possible. This was the ultimate insult to the British because in European conflicts foot soldiers were not allowed to shoot at the officers of the opposing army.

Another important aspect of the war was that only about half of the Colonists supported the war. The other half of the Colonists believed that the colonies should remain subject to England’s rule. Why shouldn’t they. England had the most advanced navy in the world and most of the Colonies trade with Europe was protected by the English navy. If the Colonists were successful in the war, the Colonies did not have a navy to protect their trade with Europe.

Therefore, only a revolutionary guerilla army could have persevered in the war for independence. So if the Continental Army was a band of guerilla fighters, then George Washington was the leader of an army of guerillas. I think that General Washington should be exalted as one of the great revolutionary generals of all times; even greater than Napoleon Bonaparte or Moa Tse-tung.

Finally with the generous help of the French army and the French navy, Washington and his guerilla fighters were able to defeat General Cornwallis at the battle of Yorktown in 1781. In all fairness to General Cornwallis, by 1781 King George II had become frustrated by the cost of the war and he had removed a lot of the troops from the Colonies and also limited the amount of supplies that he would send to the Colonies. This kind of reminds me of our withdrawal from Vietnam.

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

The Continental Congress agreed to the Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1776 and they were finally ratified by all Thirteen Colonies on March 1, 1781. Obviously, there was a lot of disagreement in the Colonies about the War for Independence and if the Articles of Confederation were necessary. Under the Articles of Confederation, each of the Thirteen Colonies was free to write their own constitution and elect their own representatives. The states were supposed to cooperate with each other to maintain peace and protect trade between the states. Needless to state, but this system did not succeed. For instance Shays Rebellion in Massachusetts about taxes to pay for things like roads and public defense. Then of coarse there was the nasty dispute between Virginia and Maryland over water rights to the Potomac River, which our revolutionary General Washington was able to mediate without the states resorting to armed conflict.

Every year the states would hold a conference to resolve