If you think about it, america really hasn't been around that long. it began when a group of normal, everyday people decided they no longer wanted to be under british rule, and they established an independent country. they got the chance of a lifetime.

if you were the leader of a country, what laws and guidelines would you enact?

roosevelt believed that in light of the country's recent military successes, it was unnecessary to use force to achieve foreign policy goals, so long as the military could threaten force. this belief, and his strategy of “speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” shaped much of roosevelt's foreign policy.

warfare was the primary means of cultural transmission in both regions.