HOW TO CHANGE AMERICA IN 10 EASY STEPS

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HOW TO CHANGE AMERICA IN 10 EASY STEPS
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First Step Develop a Social CenterPhiladelphia

• Philadelphia served as a major center of social
  activity and commerce. Many important people and
  organizations came out of this city.
• One such person was Benjamin Franklin, who
  developed the Pony Express, wrote for the
  Pennsylvania Gazette, invented many useful
  devices, and funded several institutions, such as
  libraries and universities.
• The First Continental Congress was held in
  Philadelphia. This group served as one of the
  first united fronts against the attacks of the
  British. They also encouraged the colonists to
  boycott British goods and, in response to the
  Coercive Acts, suggested military defense for
  Boston.
• The Transcendentalist Movement came out of
  Philadelphia as well. Authors such as Emerson,
  Thoreau, and Whitman gained their popularity
  during this time. The movement involved
  literature, art, and other aspects of American
  culture.
• Philadelphia was pivotal to American development
  as it served as the first capital of the nation
  and gave way to many of the founding fathers.
  American culture has been based around this city
  and even the idea of independence itself
  originated in Philadelphia.

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Second Step Build a Basis for Your Foreign
PolicyThe Monroe Doctrine

• During the Era of Good Feelings, President James
  Monroe and his Secretary of State John Quincy
  Adams wrote the Monroe Doctrine as a response to
  foreign Imperialism.
• 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, never
  the less remains the same, which is not to
  interfere in the internal concerns of any of its
  powers to consider the governments de facto as
  the legitimate government for us to cultivate
  friendly relationships with it, and to preserve
  those relations by a frank, firm, and manly
  policy, meeting in all instanced the just claims
  of every power, submitting to the injuries from
  none.
• The Monroe Doctrine states that the United States
  are separate from Europe and will stay separate
  from their conflicts. It also declares that
  European nations have no authority in the Western
  Hemisphere, and that any attempts by them to
  spread into North America will be seen as
  hostile.
• Since then the Document has been used as
  justification for interference the affairs of
  other nations.

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• The Monroe Doctrine was expanded by Theodore
  Roosevelt with the Roosevelt Corollary. In this
  speech, Roosevelt stated that, Unrighteous wars
  are common, and unrighteous peace is rare but
  both should be shunned. The right of freedom and
  the responsibility for the exercise of that right
  cannot be divorced.
• The Roosevelt Corollary declared that the United
  States would be an international police power.
  This justified American involvement throughout
  the Western Hemisphere.
• The Monroe Doctrine supported the idea of
  Isolationism when the United States were not
  directly threatened. Isolationism is defined as,
  a term that described a foreign policy of
  limited involvement in the world outside the home
  state. This idea involved avoidance of
  political and military commitments to other
  nations. In Washingtons farewell address, he
  stated, The nation which indulges toward another
  an habitual hatred or habitual fondness is in
  some degree a slave. It is a slave to its
  animosity or to its affection, either of which is
  sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and
  its interest.
• The Roosevelt Corollary contradicted the previous
  sentiments and promoted an interventionist
  policy. This policy led to our involvement in
  Korea, Vietnam, and more recently, Iraq.

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Third Step Find a Good RefereeHenry Clay

• Clay was one of the most influential Jeffersonian
  Republicans.
• Nicknamed the Great Compromiser, he passed the
  Missouri Compromise and suggested the initial
  plan for the Compromise of 1850.
• His political career defined his life. He began
  as a Senator for the state of Kentucky and moved
  on the House of Representatives from there. He
  then became Speaker of the House.
• Also, Clay led the War Hawks, a group that
  pushed for the War of 1812.
• Clay ran for the Presidency in the election of
  1824, but there was a draw between John Quincy
  Adams and Andrew Jackson. Jackson won the
  popular vote, but the decision went to Congress.
  Clay used his influence as Speaker of the House
  to get Adams elected and in return he served as
  Adamss Secretary of State. This was known by
  Jacksons supporters as the Corrupt Bargain,
  and virtually ended Clays opportunity to become
  president.

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• He developed the American System, a plan to
  improve America which included internal
  improvements such as roads, canals, the National
  Bank, and a protective tariff. One part was the
  Maysville Road, which would have benefited his
  home state, Kentucky, but little else. Clay
  wanted the Federal Government to pay for this
  road, but Jackson vetoed it.
• Clay was an important mediator between the North,
  South, and West who was able to keep the nation
  unified during times of dispute. His plans
  delayed the Civil War and kept the priorities of
  each region in mind. He was able to convince the
  different leaders and parties to cooperate.