Monroe Doctrine

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The Monroe Doctrine was a foundational 19th-century U.S. foreign policy principle that opposed European colonialism in the Americas and asserted a special sphere of influence for the United States in the Western Hemisphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States foreign policy doctrine
historical document
political doctrine
announcedBy James Monroe
announcedByOffice President of the United States
announcedIn Seventh Annual Message to Congress
announcedOn 2 December 1823
appliedDuring Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. opposition to European interventions in Latin America
Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903
appliesToJurisdiction Americas
Caribbean
Latin America
asserts special sphere of influence for the United States in the Western Hemisphere
component non-colonization principle
non-intervention principle
separation of spheres between Europe and the Americas
country United States
declares Western Hemisphere is closed to future European colonization
linked to: Western Hemisphere

any European attempt to oppress or control states in the Americas would be viewed as hostile to the United States
field diplomatic history
international relations
hasCorollary Roosevelt Corollary
linked to: Big Stick diplomacy
hasEffect limited European political influence in the Americas
hasInterpretation defensive anti-colonial doctrine
justification for U.S. hegemony in the Americas
historicalContext independence of Latin American republics
post-Napoleonic Europe
inception 1823
influenced Cold War policy in the Western Hemisphere
Good Neighbor Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
linked to: Monroe Doctrine

U.S. interventionism in Latin America
influencedBy British foreign policy interests
George Canning
language English
legalStatus unilateral U.S. policy statement
mainSubject Western Hemisphere
namedAfter James Monroe
notFormally international law instrument
treaty
opposes European colonialism in the Americas
European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
region Western Hemisphere
relatedTo Big Stick policy
linked to: Big Stick diplomacy

Manifest Destiny
Pan-Americanism
subjectOf U.S. imperialism debates
United States–Latin America relations
international relations theory

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Pan-Americanism relatedTo Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe notableWork Monroe Doctrine
Era of Good Feelings significantEvent Monroe Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine influenced Roosevelt Corollary
linked to: Monroe Doctrine
Presidency of James Monroe hasPart Monroe Doctrine
Banana Wars hasCause Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
linked to: Monroe Doctrine
Big Stick diplomacy influencedBy Monroe Doctrine
Big Stick diplomacy legalBasisClaimed Monroe Doctrine
Community of Latin American states (historical context) hasHistoricalContext Monroe Doctrine era
linked to: Monroe Doctrine
Seventh Annual Message to Congress alsoKnownAs Monroe Doctrine speech
linked to: Monroe Doctrine
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic hasCause Monroe Doctrine policy
linked to: Monroe Doctrine