The land where he needed to build his canal was owned by Colombia and they would not allow it.
Thomas believed that the most important form of government was to have a king.
The correct answer is B. Andrew Jackson.
Andrew Jackson was the president who was responsible for expansion of presidency powers by use of executive orders.
He was the statesman and American soldier and was the seventh president of United states.
He gained his famous when he advanced the rights of common man against corruption in order to preserve the union.
Even after his retirement as a president he remained active in politics for the democratic party whereby he supported Martin Van Buren.
In his death he left a legacy as an advocate for democracy and also for the common man.
Before Polk, the United States and Mexico had boundaries along the Rio Grande River. Texas and Polk claimed that America's southern border ran down to the river south of the United States' positon back then. They had a war, but Mexico lost and U.S kept expanding.
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