James Madison is one of the writers
of The Federalist, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. It is known as an
assortment of eighty-five essays which are written to elucidate the philosophy
behind the United States Constitution. Their main objective in writing that
book is to stimulate the authorization of the Constitution.
In the United States, the Constitution is the ultimate "law of the land," meaning that the federal government has sovereignty over the states--although some powers are "shared".
The communication and ongoing relationship between America and other world nations is known as <em>Foreign Policy.</em> <em>The president of the United States as head of the Executive Branch is responsible for the U.S. Foreign Policy. </em> In order to help him with these responsibilities the US President has the Secretary of State. This person acts as the equivalent of a Minister of Foreign affairs. Also the U.S. Ambassadors are responsible for the diplomatic relations with each country the U.S.has relations with. They are also part of the Foreign Policy area of the Executive Branch of Goverment ultimately led by the President of the United States.
He failed in his attempt to develop a more moral and less imperialistic policy in Latin American because he disregarded his ambassador by sending him home for being too aggressive. He also made decisions and took actions without the consent of the US Government. He ordered the Mexican port of Veracruz to be seized.
C. states needed to be given more control
