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Monroe and the American System

The primary concern of Congress after the War of 1812 was consideration of the "American System", Henry Clay’s program for federally financed internal improvements (primarily roads and canals) and a high protective tariff.

President Monroe studied the matter carefully and traveled to many locations to learn more about the proposed roads and canals. In the end, Monroe stood by his Democratic-Republican principles and opposed a federal role in such construction projects, arguing that the Constitution provision to “promote the general welfare” was not met.

Clay was more successful with tariff measures, securing passage of protective rates in 1816, 1818 and 1824.

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The American Revolution (Monroe Doctrine)
... of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers ...
http://theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople/jmonroe/mondoct.asp

1816-1860: The Second American Party System and the Tariff
The states below the Mason-Dixon line and the Ohio River comprised 47 percent of the population in 1810, but only 45 percent just 10 years later. Congressional reapportionment based on the Census of 1820 redounded to the advantage of the West and ...
http://www.tax.org/Museum/1816-1860.htm

The American Revolution (James Monroe First Inaugural)
... the virtue of the people and of the heroic exploits of the Army, the Navy, and the militia I need not speak.   Such, then, is the happy Government under which we live—a Government adequate to every purpose for which the social compact is ...
http://theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople/jmonroe/inaug1.asp

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