Plz read the following passage from lincoln's "gettysburg address": four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. what does lincoln point out about the founding of the united states? the united states was originally ruled by britain. the nation was founded upon very specific ideals. it happened a long time ago. the founding of the nation was marked by great struggle and strife.