John Quincy Adams WHO: John Quincy Adams was a lawyer, a diplomat, a senator, the Secretaries of State, the sixth President of the United States of America and a member of the House of Representatives. WHAT: John Quincy Adems foresaw a nation expanding from the Atlantic to the Pacific and worked to connect the young nation. WHERE: John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts; Serving as minister to the Netherlands, and as Secretary of State, a Senator and a member of the House of Reptesetatives and President in Washington. WHEN: John Quincy Adams lived from 1767 to 1848; sixth President of the United States of America from 1825 to 1829. WHY is it important: John Quincy Adams proposed bring the nation together through the construction …show more content…
European politics as well as rivalries played large roles on the events within the colonies of the Americas. Spain, France and Great Britain as well as other small players influenced policy, trade and general feelings towards colonies and between the colonies positively and negatively. Early Americans struggled with the formation of their own identity. With European policy primarily controlling the day to day life via such things as the Quartering Act and other infringement acts and Eurocentric superiority view points toward the colonies. In addition, trade through such acts as the Stamp Act which levied high tax rates and Navigation Acts which imposed trade restrictions on the colonies. European policy and Eurocentrism shaped every aspect of colonial life and ideas often being taken and borrowed from the nations in which the colony originated both good and bad. Such harsh restrictions on the Americas lead to unrest and feelings of resentment towards Europe. Such Acts as mentioned previously only encouraged resentment, and the harsh policy brought down upon the colonist lead to such acts as the Boston Tea Party and later the Revolutionary War. Rivalries in Europe only added in the conflict, one example being France aided colonist through funding of war efforts against Great …show more content…
That the entire continent was off limits and should be left alone to its own devises and the will of God. That the it was under control of the U.S. and that Europe could no longer meddle in affairs and the continent had legitimate power, predominantly the United States. The Monroe Doctrine greatly affected U.S. foreign policy and relations with not only Europe, but with Latin America. relations in South America had the greatest affect on relations with the Spanish and the French who were trying to reassert themselves in the western hemisphere. Great Britain, meanwhile sought to continue to weaken Spanish control by banding together with the U.S. This made relations with Latin America less then