sara delano roosevelt the mother of franklin roosevelt her fairly warren del know made two china voyages in the china trade and sometime not much longer after tocqueville came to america. he retired after that at the age of 31 and built a castle on the hudson river and the family was rich ever since off the profits from that kind of trade. that was america traveling around the world. and in the decades after that tocqueville, it starts where his time, you also have american churches sending missionaries around the world. hawaii was annexed by the united states in 1898 but the missionaries were there in the 1820s. and so, the religious impulse which tocqueville traces in america is one that america is also tracing in the world. and so, tocqueville doesn't i believe mention this is development. this is the kind of activity, the hyperactivity that the this country is producing, this country with its multiple religions. its very thin federal government. its strong belief in its increasing transportation and communication as the telegraph comes in in the 1840s. and its ability to basically cu