The best description of the Turkish government to the American is Genocide. The term Genocide is intentional action to destroy a people (usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group) in whole or in part. This shift toward Turkish nationalism left the Armenian political leadership in an impossible position.
The primary way in which the political debate in America change in the years after 1774 is that parties were formed, leading to political segmentation and ideological separation.
