Era Of Good Feelings

The changing nation reflected a growing sense of national pride in the United States during the Era of Good Feelings when United States citizens had a gleaming sense of nationalism and didn’t really care what the government did, The Age of Jackson when lower class citizens were just happy to have a president that wasn’t from a rich family. Lastly, State’s rights and the Economy not only brought people together due to the states gaining power but it also drew citizens further apart because not everyone liked the idea of a national bank. In the United States after the War of 1812, everyone had a large sense of nationalism because the British were defeated again. The United States was finally being seen as a threat or an actual country and the
This was also the only time in U.S. history where one political party took control. The government has a greater presence in the United States economy. The second bank of the US is created under Nicholas Biddle as the president even though the first national bank did not work out nor help anyone but the rich and big businesses. Under the great sense of nationalism that was flowing through America, the government passed the Protective Tariff of 1816 to prevent dumping and foreign competition. Both of these were part of Henry Clay’s American system and trying to be less dependent on others countries.The central government’s power overtakes the power of each individual state’s power. The state of Maryland had tried to tax the states branch of the National Bank. In result to that action, the Supreme Court case, McCulloch v. Maryland, ruled that a “state cannot pass laws that violates federal laws.” The Supreme Court case “Gibbons v. Ogden,” ruled that the steamboats that traveled from New Jersey to New York were considered “interstate commerce,” which means they could not be monitored by states but rather Congress. During the Era of Good Feelings, the United States took a greater rule in the world. Future president, Andrew Jackson, was sent to Florida, which was at the time owned by Spain, to recapture slaves that had escaped. The United States also captured two Spanish towns in Florida and forced the governor to evade. Spain eventually realized that they could no longer protect Florida, resulting in the Adams- Onis treaty of 1819 which gave up Florida to the U.S. The United States wanted to protect any and all trade with Latin America, therefore the Monroe Doctrine was composed. Under the Monroe