Topic: Assessing American Foreign Policy post-1812
The Era of Good Feelings Only Democratic-Republicans by 1816 One party rule James Monroe President Tariff of 1816 – protect US manufacturing Henry Clay and the “American System” Banks, tariffs, roads/canals Rejected by dem-reps Individual state projects NY Canal; Cumberland Road (Maryland-Illinois) Stronger Foreign Policy Some tranquility, prosperity at first Panic of 1819
Dealings with Britain and Canada Nationalist Leaders: President Monroe Secretary of State John Quincy Adams Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817)- calls for naval limits on the Great Lakes Treaty of 1818- 49th parallel as the boundary between US and Canada Fishing rights shared (Newfoundland) Sharing the Oregon Territory
Jackson Invades Florida Democratic Revolutions in the Spanish American Empire Spain losing control of the “new world” 1818: General Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson invades Florida Chasing Indian warriors Seizes Spanish forts Florida Purchase Treaty 1819 Florida now part of US territory
The Monroe Doctrine Post-Napoleonic Europe Democracy is dangerous No more revolutions… Would European monarchs try to reclaim the Americas? Russia moving into Alaska, further south Monroe Doctrine issued (1823) No more colonization in the Americas No European “interference” in any American nation