LAD #10

1.  What did the issuing of the Monroe Doctrine express from an American perspective post War of 1812?

• The American perspective post war of 1812 was pretty much that they felt on top of the world, they had high patriotism and confidence in their country and its' abilities, since they did not lose to Britain in their "Second War of Independence". It was a shout in the European faces that America could not be colonized.

2.  What was Secretary of State Adams' hope when he wrote the Monroe Doctrine?

• When Adams wrote the Monroe Doctrine, he wanted to show that the States were not open to colonization, and never again would be. He also said that the powerful Europeans were limited to the Eastern Hemisphere, and that the United States' could, in essence, gain more land to establish itself as a superpower nation.

3.  What is the key phrase in the entire document that you need to remember as the cornerstone or American Foreign Policy?

• The cornerstone for the American Foreign Policy is found in the phrase, "Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries from none". This pretty much sums up the neutral policy that America planned on trying to preserve.