George Washington once said that when America was founded, it had two things going for it: land and good timing. I am not too sure about what this quote means but I can guarantee that once I research it, I will find out what it means. I know that America is a lot larger in land than England, so that is probably what that part means. I do not know how it had good timing though.

America is several times larger than England in land size, which means that America has more areas for farming and mining. Which means that we would have a large income from selling materials to other countries. We also had a lot of land in which to colonize. I believe we should have shared land with the Native Americans, instead of kicking them out. We could have learned a lot from them.

There are also many animals found in America that aren’t found in England or other counties. So hunters and trappers would sell fur coats to people over seas for lots of money. During the 1800s there was a gold rush and lots of people moved out west to search for wealth in gold. Having lots of land has helped our nation, like how Alaska produces lots of oil. Those silly Russians. 

It was good timing to form our country then because if we had waited longer we might have ended up like Canada, and have the Queen on our money. It was also good timing because after the Revolutionary War England and France went to war. If we were still part of England we would have been sucked into the war, and if we revolted then England would have to split their army to fight both France and us. We most likely would have sided with France and we probably could have taken England over. So it was also good timing for England.