In the period of modern times (1789-1871 . The absolute monarchies of the 18th century were dealt a crushing blow by the French bourgeois revolution of 178994. This event opens a period of victories and the establishment of capitalism in European countries. In contrast to the noble-dynastic foreign policy and the autocracy of absolute monarchs, the victorious bourgeoisie advanced the principle of the supremacy of the nation. The nation was identified with the bourgeoisie. Therefore, in its understanding, the supremacy of the nation had a limited sense of bourgeois domination. For the first time the principle of supremacy of the nation was proclaimed in the field of foreign policy in the United States during the struggle for independence (1775-1782) ). This principle was further developed during the French bourgeois revolution of the late 18th century.