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What is the Monroe doctrine?
Statement of United States policy on the activities and rights of European powers in the western hemisphere
Who is the doctrine made by?
James Monroe in his seventh annual address to the Congress of the United States on December 2, 1823
What did the doctrine eventually become?
Eventually became one of the foundations of United States policy in Latin America
What was the result of it not being supported by congressional legislation or affirmed in international law?
The statement initially remained only a declaration of policy; it's increasing use in popularity elevated it to a principal specifically term the Munro doctrine after the mid-1840s
Why was the Monroe doctrine developed?
The United States and Britain were concerned over the possibility of European colonial expansion in the Americas Britain feared that Spain will attempt to reclaim its former colonies which recently gained independence this would've caused Britain's trade with these new nations to decline the United States wanted to ensure that no European nations will attempt to further colonization in the Western Hemisphere
What did the British foreign minister George Canning suggest?
A joint venture with the United States to preserve the interest of both Nations
What did John Quincy Adams believe the United States should do?
Develop its own policy which would safeguard United States interests independent of Britain
What did Adams ask?
Why should the United States appear "as a cock boat in the wake of a British man of war"
What did Monroe aassert in his two most notable pronouncements?
That European powers could no longer colonize the American continents and that they should not interfere with the newly independent Spanish American republics
What did Monroe specifically warn Europeans against?
Attempting to impose monarchy on colonies or in Europe itself
What did the lastpoint reaffirm?
George Washington's farewell address in 1796 in which he urged the United States to avoid entangling alliances; however the Monroe doctrine did not represent an isolationist policy
What did separating Europe from America do?
It allowed Monroe to emphasize the existence of distinct American and specifically United States interests
What did Monroe reject?
European political system of monarchy
What did the European political system of monarchy believe?
That no American nation would adopt it and that its presence anywhere in the western hemisphere endangered the peace and safety of the young United States
What did Monroe imply?
That the United States alone should complete the remaining settlement of North America