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historical document ⓘ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
Congress of Panama (1826) → relatedConcept → Monroe Doctrine (context of hemispheric security) ⓘ
linked to: Monroe Doctrine
Florida Treaty → relatedToDoctrine → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ