The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
             The turn of the century has always been a big deal for modern
             civilizations. One hundred years of life is quite large compared with the
             average 70 or so given to most. Because of that, people tend to look in
             trends of decades, rather than centuries or millennia. When it does come
             time for a new century, when that second digit rotates, as it does so
             seldom, people tend to look for change. Events tend to fall before or after
             the century, not on top of it, and United States history, particularly, has
             had a tendency for sudden change at the century marks. Columbus' accidental
             discovery of the West Indies in 1492 brought on the exploration age in the
             1500s. Jamestown colony, founded in 1607, was England's first foothold on
             the New World. A massive population surge, brought on in part by the import
             of fricans, marks entry into the 18th century. Thomas Jefferson's
             presidency, beginning in 1800, changed the face of American politics. 1900
             was a ripe year for change, but needed someone to help the change arrives.
             That someone was Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt's political presence altered
             the course of the United States, transforming it into a superpower fully
             ready to handle the challenges of any opposition, and changed the role of
             the president and executive branch of US government, making it a force with
             As the first president with progressive views, Roosevelt enacted
             the first regulatory laws and prosecuted big businesses who had been
             violating them and others for years. Roosevelt also initiated the United
             States' active interests in other countries, and began to spread the
             benefits of democracy throughout the world. Before Roosevelt, the United
             States was an inward-looking country, largely xenophobic to the calls of
             the rest of the world, and chiefly concerned with bettering itself. As one
             critic put it, "Roosevelt was the first mode...