Question

According to Jefferson, Britain and the United States had a common interest in establishing the “American system” in the Western Hemisphere.

What is Jefferson saying the goals of the American system should be? Check all of the boxes that apply.


to keep European powers from interfering in American affairs


to keep American lands out of the hands of European powers


to support European colonization in the Americas


Its object is to introduce and establish the American system, of keeping out of our land all foreign powers, of never permitting those of Europe to intermeddle with the affairs of our nations. It is to maintain our own principle, not to depart from it.

Answer 1

A. To keep European powers from interfering in American affairs

B. To keep American lands out of the hands of European powers

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Answer 2

The correct answers are:

To keep European powers from interfering in American affairs

To keep American lands out of the hands of European powers

In his letter to Monroe, Thomas Jefferson defended the idea that having Britain as an ally would empower America and this way it would keep European powers away from American affairs and also it would keep Europe out of the Western Hemisphere. He also defended that the US should keep away from Europe’s affairs.

He wrote: “Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of anyone, or all on earth; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world.”