american system
... Secretary of state, while he was in office he advanced and defended the shared interests and independence of the new North and South American republics. He favored and urged on the advocacy of the anti-colonial standards of the American Revolution for all advancing nations. Henry Clay came up with the American System, which was an idea that the federal government should take an active role in promoting and protecting the national economy. It was the first coherent plan for national economic growth and the goal was to nurture American industrial growth and to tie other regions to that growth.