1 - The American Way - Monroe Doctrine

***NOTE: Due to Saints Week celebrations, our recitation of "Ft. McHenry" has been postponed until Monday, November 3rd. You now have an additional week to memorize your stanza!***
•Read: LoH from middle of page 118 through middle of page 122
•Watch/Listen to a portion from President Monroe's seventh annual message to Congress, December 2, 1823 now called "The Monroe Doctrine"
•Discuss:
-According to President Monroe, what principle did the United States declare regarding future European colonization in the Americas?
-Why did Monroe believe that European involvement in the Americas would “endanger our peace and happiness”? What reasoning connects this belief to the principles of American government?
-Imagine you are a statesman in 1823 explaining the Monroe Doctrine to the American people. How would you persuasively argue that this policy is both just and necessary for the nation’s future?
-How did the Monroe Doctrine contribute to the internal American flourishing of improvements in infrastructure, revolutionary inventions, and economic changes?