Basic American History

The callow new nation of America, like other new countries who preceded and followed it, needed to prove itself to the haughty, more established nations, and ground itself as a power in economics, politics, and commerce. During the 1790’s, the mature and dignified manner which America portrayed itself, and it’s interaction with a tyrannical leader, King George III, shaped American politics, and made foreign powers eventually recognize the importance of America as a participant …

…being oppressed, shaped the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, two skirmishes which cost Americans great casualties, accomplished little, and frankly, should have been avoided. In Washington’s “farewell address”, he warned against international entanglements. If the future presidents had heeded this advice, many important events would not have occurred that have made the world what it is today, and the United States would not be a leader at the forefront of global diplomacy and politics.