The Monroe Doctrine became a mainstay of U.S. foreign policy. In 1823 U.S. President James Monroe proclaimed the U.S. protector of the Western Hemisphere by forbidding European powers from colonizing additional territories in the Americas.
Some failures were the invasion of Canada, surrender of Detroit, British burned Washington, D.C.
• Make laws
• Declare war
• raise and provide public money and oversee its proper expenditure
• impeach and try federal officer
• approve presidential appointments
• approve treaties negotiated by the executive branch
• oversight and investigations
Nationalism: an ideology that believed that a nation should be based on people’s shared culture, language, or background.
Enlightenment: a movement in which philosophers developed ideas of democratic principles and basic human rights.
Liberalism: an ideology that included the rights to liberty, equality, and property for all people and the separation of different branches of government.
Romanticism: an artistic movement that emphasized the emotional rather than the rational side of humans.