American foreign policy since its inception
When discussing American foreign policy since the inception of the nation, one must take into account that the United States of America has been an ever-expanding nation; territorially, politically, and economically. As a result of the continually change in American power and influence in relation to other nations, there has been a continual evolving foreign policy. When the United States began, it was a small and weak nation, but as America grew its foreign policy grew with it. While the nation may have begun its existence as a weak nation, with a weak foreign policy to accompany it, as the nation became more powerful, its foreign policy expanded to a point where the United States is the most powerful and influential nation on the planet.