Woodrow Wilson
He wanted to make the world safe for democracy gotta waterpolox.blogspot.com
Fourteen Points
Fourteen points
thomas jefferson
no they did not
World War I.
To make the world safe for democracy
Every US President has opposed direct democracy because it would allow the unwashed masses to directly control policy as opposed to restricting policy votes and decisions to those people educated enough to make them. Additionally, in a direct democracy, it is likely the President would be out of a job.As it currently stands, the US government is an indirect democracy, where citizens vote for politicians who will themselves vote on policy. A direct democracy circumvents the politicians' vote.
George Washington was the President. he turned down the offer to make him king because he knew that him being a king would be against the ideals of a republic or democracy.
It may not be possible to know his exact motives. From what I have gathered about Wilson, I think he probably wanted to accomplish both of those ends.
They came to the new world to create a settlement because they hoped to find gold.