Americans tried to civilize the Native Americans through the Washington Administration who embraced a program to civilize native people, transforming Indians from tribal peoples into individuals who could be easily adopt the ways of another culture into American Society. The program promotes commercial agriculture, Christianity, an alteration in the gender-based divisions of labor among Indians and most importantly private ownership of land.
The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
