The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in
their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. While the
king, and all in authority under him, were believed to govern in justice
and mercy, according to the laws and constitution derived to them from
the God of nature and transmitted to them by their ancestors, they
thought themselves bound to pray for the king and queen and all the
royal family, and all in authority under them, as ministers ordained of
God for their good; but when they saw those powers renouncing all the
principles of authority, and bent upon the destruction of all the
securities of their lives, liberties, and properties, they thought it
their duty to pray for the continental congress and all the thirteen
State congresses, &c.
Answer: 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.
There are several reasons why demilitarization was such an important part of the postwar program for Japan, but in general it was Japan had been extremely destructive for over a century.
