Also, US worried that Russia could invade further down south along the Pacific coast because Russia had a trading post already south San Francisco Bay. Monroe and Adams both wanted to protect the new republics in the western hemisphere to ensure the US access to trade. British and America did not want the reconquest of Latin America from Europe, so the British foreign secretary George Canning proposed a joint Anglo-American warning European powers to stay out of South America. In 1823 president James Monroe during his annual message to Congress issues the Monroe doctrine of 1823 secretary of state John Quincy Adams wrote out the Monroe doctrine which it states that America would not allow European nations in the western hemisphere to obtain territory and that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the US. or in the development of other countries in the western hemisphere. The Monroe doctrine would then be used by many presidents to justify in interfering or staying out of the affair of our neighboring …show more content…
They elected John Quincy despite Andrew Jackson winning both popular and electoral vote Henry Clay during that time was Speaker of the House and he used his power to push votes for John to get elected, john them chose Clay to be his Secretary of State. Andrew Jackson called this the corrupt bargain; he and his supporters believe that Adams and clay made an agreement where Henry helped John Quincy Adams win the presidency in return he appointed him as secretary of state. Andrew will then run for the presidency in 1828 and win against his rival Adam.
After Jefferson purchases the Louisiana territory in 1803 there was an equal balance of representation, that changed in 1819 when the Missouri territory wanted to join the union. The Missouri Compromise was an agreement made that allowed for Missouri to join the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state to ensure the equal representation. A line is drawn across the map which it excludes slavery from any point north of parallel 36:30 below that line, would be able to come in a slave state and above the line would become free states. This compromise was a solution that would postpone the civil