No we where not. We didn't have anything to do with Japan( except for imports and exports of cars and tech) until after they bombed pearl harbor in 1941,December7.
The corrupt bargain between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams
<span>Old Lights preachers encouraged looking at religion through science while New Lights preachers separated science from religion.</span>
The "landed" states agreed to give up their western lands.
Maryland worried that "landed" states would become too powerful. Tom Jefferson & others persuaded state lawmakers to give up Virginia's claims in the west. So, states should give up their western lands.
Great Britain is nation that took lead in expanding imperialism in Southeast asia