This was a short book, written by a Brazilian historian about the United States Colonization and Independence Revolution. This country and its history always amaze me, I can relate to lots of motives and values. Sure, it has flaws… which country does not? Which person does not? Nevertheless, according to the book, the United States was the first colony in the American continent to claim independence, with that it fed ideas of freedom and liberty throughout the Iberian colonies. French soldiers that helped in the American revolution returned back home with ideas of freedom right when Luis XVI was undertaking a very authoritarian reign. The initial Constitution was broad not to restrict the colonies from having some independence and with the Bill of Rights, they assured their citizens' freedom. Freedom and liberty were the mottoes of this revolution… freedom to choose your own religion that was part of it. (Something that still today is being the reason of some much slaughter.) So, I was very impressed to learn new things and add to my loose understanding of American history. Later on, in the conclusion of the book, the author seemed very critical of other American values. So, I guess if anything, he would have a negative bias in his analysis of facts, therefore this positive assessment might be even greater and (as a wanna-be economist) I would estimate that his assessment provides a lower bound for the positive influence of American revolution in the world at the time.