The president at the time was Andrew Jackson
Magna Carta. This document limited the power of the monarchy, and parliment wished they respected that document.
First amendment gives us the right to express ourselves without fear of punishment. It also gives us access to information and protection from prior restraint. It goes " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise therof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the rightr of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
He is referring to the policies of colonialism that were widespread. He was British and visited many of the British colonies, but spent a lot of his time in India. These were all lands that Britain had previously colonized and he is referring to the colonization that was predominantly done by white people from Europe.
They would blame them because they wouldn't be free. The colonies were getting "bettered" because they got technology and similar things, but they were blamed because the colonists didn't have independence and freedom and were stripped of their resources and natural wealth which was common at the time.
Liberate parts of the Spanish Empire and gain influence within them.
