The Monroe Doctrine: Keep Out of the Western Hemisphere

Russia is not to come below Alaska to the west coast of America to try to colonize

European countries-keep out of the Western Hemisphere. Do NOT try to colonize in the Americas.

The U.S. will stay out of European affairs.

Secretary of State John Quincy Adams

Establish the Second National Bank

Establish Good Transportation system-Internal Improvments

Pass a High Protective Tariff

Henry Clay

Preamble: Describes the purpose of the document and government. Articles: Establish how the government is structured and how the Constitution can be changed. There are seven articles. Amendments: Changes to the Constitution; the first ten are called the Bill of Rights

Declare war and make treaties Coin and borrow money Raise army or navy Establish post offices Regulate weights and measures Regulate Indian affairs

Congress is unable to regulate trade between states or between states and foreign countries. No power to tax. Congress had to ask the states for money and the states were not obligated to contribute. Debt from the war-could not be paid Continental money had little value. Each state made its own money=Confusion No system of national courts No President

The Articles of Confederation under which America operated from 1781-1787 provided that each state would be represented by one vote in Congress. When changes were being discussed for how states should be represented during the creation of a new Constitution, two plans were pushed forward. The Virginia Plan provided for representation to be based on the population of each state. On the other hand, the New Jersey Plan wanted equal representation for every state. The Great Compromise, also called the Connecticut Compromise, combined both plans. It was decided that there would be two chambers in Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate would be based on equal representation and the House would be based on population.

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James Monroe issued the "Monroe Doctrine" in 1823. The Doctrine held that any former colony in the Western Hemisphere that had declared independence and successfully became independant (through either war or treaty) would not be re-colonized by the same or a different European power. Although the young United States was in no position to defend this declaration, the British agreed with the sentiment and argued that their navy, the strongest in the world at the time, would defend the Monroe Doctrine.

He was unsure if purchasing land was allowed by the constitution, This was especially troublesome for Jefferson because he believed that powers not specifically given to the federal government belonged to the states . The Constitution says nothing about the power of the federal government to buy new territory.

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Can't raise taxes Can't regulate foreign and domestic trade Can't settle disputes among states (no court system) Can't collect state debt Can't enforce any of its powers