Shaping American Culture Analysis

Through a historical perspective when talking about the United States foreign affairs we should take into account the shaping of the American culture, the Britain comparison, and the cold war. The shaping of the American culture first started when the colonials came into the new world, then came the reformation and the enlightenment period. After that came the social contract first Hobbes had an idea that the people need a single ruler that would “guarantee the rights of the weak against the strong” but if a ruler became unreasonable then the people had the right to change it. Locke expanded on the idea by adding that all people have God given rights that cannot be taken away by any ruler and that all men being equal must give their consent