...In the United States past, there was a policy called the Monroe Doctrine. The policy’s main goal was to limit Europe to invading our country. One reason to make this policy is to not interfere with Europe and it's concerns. Another is about Europe trying to extend their country to North and South America, and we’ll defend those countries. The last reason is that if Europe tries to come to our countries, we will see it as a threat. The one reason that the Monroe Doctrine was made is so we don’t interfere with any of its concerns, because we are it's enemy and heroes don't help enemies, do they? “..which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of it's powers… (Excerpt, Monroe Doctrine)”. This quote from the excerpt tells us that...
Words: 388 - Pages: 2
...It has been said that the US is renounces the Monroe Doctrine but Secretary of State John Kerry said, “ that the era of the Monroe Doctrine is over”. Kerry said that Monroe’s state address it has asserted our authority to step in and oppose the influence of European powers in Latin America also through out history that our nation’s president have reinforced the doctrine and made a similar choice but we made a different choice that the era Monroe Doctrine is over that the relationship we have seek that we have worked on fostering is not the U.S declaration on how it will intervene in the affairs of other American states. It’s all of our countries viewing one as equals, sharing responsibilities, cooperating on security issues, and adhering...
Words: 760 - Pages: 4
...On December 2, 1823, America introduced the Monroe Doctrine to the world. The doctrine focused on the issue of European colonial powers in the Americas, and noted that if any European power were to attempt colonization or interfere with the politics of nations in the Americas, it would be met with intervention from the United States. The Monroe Doctrine is warned that a firm foreign policy is expected. The doctrine was prepared by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, Adams persuaded President Monroe to declare an American national policy with respect to the Western Hemisphere. At Adams’s request, Monroe announced in his Annual Message to Congress on December 2, 1823, as a protest to European intervention in Latin America in order to restore...
Words: 779 - Pages: 4
...The Monroe Doctrine James Monroe was the 5th president of the United States holding office from 1817-1825, and was considered to be one of the last founding fathers to be in office. With the help of his Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, James Monroe created the Monroe Doctrine that asserted America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Monroe gave this statement at his address to congress on December 2, 1823. The Monroe Doctrine had four main points: (1) The United States would remain neutral in European affairs, and would abstain from conflict. (2) The US would honor any European colonies already established in the Western hemisphere. (3) The US would not allow any new European colonies to be created in the Western hemisphere, and would act with force if necessary. (4) The US would view any European countries that tried to interfere with a Nation in the Western hemisphere as hostile, and respond as needed. The United States defeated the British in the War of 1812 about 10 years before, and it helped establish the young country as a world power. The US did not necessarily have the means to enforce the Doctrine, and it was vague in describing how they would react if anyone did attempt anything. The Doctrine would help keep European ideals, influence, and colonization away from the Americas. With the Doctrine America essentially had full control over the Western hemisphere and that is exactly what Monroe wanted, because he believed it would help America prosper the...
Words: 552 - Pages: 3
...The Venezuelan Crisis The Venezuelan Crisis of 1895 happened over a longstanding territory dispute with Great Britain. The territory that was being fought over was Guayana Esequiba, Britain claimed that the territory belonged to them and was part of British Guiana and Venezuela considered it to be property of Venezuela. The dispute would become a crisis in 1895 when William L. Scruggs who was Venezuela’s lobbyist argued that Britain’s behavior over the issue was a violation of the Monroe Doctrine and was able to get Washington D.C. to pursue the matter. This issue over the territory of Guayana Esequiba had been brewing for a long time between Great Britain and Venezuela. The territory in dispute was once property of the Spanish Empire which was inherited by Venezuela after it gained independence in 1830 and the Dutch Empire which was inherited by Great Britain in 1814 along with the Dutch territories of Essequibo, Demerara and Berbice. Britain wanted to use the Schomburgk Line to divide the territory and was drawn up by Robert Schomburgk during his four-year expedition for the Royal Geographical Society from 1835-1839. Venezuela did not agree with the Schomburgk Line and in 1844 declared the Essequibo River the dividing line. The British did offer to make changes to the line but Venezuela never responded. They finally decided in 1850 that both countries would not enter into the disputed territory, and everything was good until around 1876 when diplomatic exchanges started...
Words: 1156 - Pages: 5
...Monroe decided to make this doctrine on the simple fact that Latin American was struggling against the rule of Spain and Portugal. That struggle of independence made him worried that European powers will try to expand again in the western hemisphere. I believe Monroe wanted the rest of America to stay free as well, as Americans wanted their neighboring countries to gain independence from their European powers and govern themselves however they may. Monroe feared that if European powers started to expand and conquer free lands in the Western Hemisphere, the American Government might have been involving in another war with the European powers. The justification of keeping European powers away from the Western Hemisphere was logically sound....
Words: 251 - Pages: 2
...Eric Quetschke HST 480 Research Paper During the nineteenth century the United States was growing its empire through economics, politics, and military actions. The first step in growing their empire was to limit the actions of European countries. The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 asserted the United State’s position by warning European powers against any further attempts to colonize lands in the Western Hemisphere. The American continents are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power. With the economic growth of Latin America and the Pacific the United States began to see the need for a more efficient and secure route to the east coast. The Isthmus of Panama was identified as that route and...
Words: 1812 - Pages: 8
...The Monroe is gotten from a primary source, that it is the original government document. The book, The American Perspective was written by Kent McGaughy, and published by Pearson Learning Solutions. Kent McGaughy was a partner of CPMG’s predecessor, a cardinal investment company in 1997, He worked in merger and acquisitions at Simmons & company International. He has a BA Education, University of Texas System, and an MBA, Harvard Business School . The Monroe Doctrine was written on December 2, 1823, it was addressed to the Congress by James Monroe who was then the President, but the document was put together by his secretary of State John Quincy Adams. The Monroe Doctrine was basically stating America’s stand on ensuring that the Europeans don’t encroach on the right of Americans, no new nation should be colonized except they so wish, at the same time stating the United States’ revolve to disentangle itself from European conflicts. Of most concerns to America was British and Spanish interventions in series of Latin American revolutions from Bolivarian independence movement in South America to the Mexican war for independence....
Words: 568 - Pages: 3
...Monroe Response Monroe’s written statement included mostly opinion based information that lined up with the neutrality that was planned for America. This statement was created to keep the European nations from not settling on America’s land and colonizing it. His main points behind this reasoning were to make European nations fully settle their land first and stay away from political sides. Monroe pulls the ‘we didn’t touch your stuff, so you shouldn’t touch ours’. In a way it could count as convincing, however it does not have much ground for support to back up why he chose this policy. Monroe also uses a reason stating, “The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of the liberty and happiness of their...
Words: 261 - Pages: 2
...INTRODUCTION In the Monroe Doctrine: Empire and Nation in Nineteenth-Century America, Jay Sexton looked at an important piece of work written by James Monroe, which still plays an important role on American Diplomacy even unto the 20th Century. The major message of the Monroe doctrine shows United States’ insecurities and their passion. It shows their doubt of Great Britain and feared to be recolonized by that great nation, and the expansionist of United States’ ambition in having political independence through the unity of the nation. This doctrine reflects how foreign affairs could affect a nation greatly through internal conflicts and externally threats from greater nations. SUMMARY The Monroe Doctrine represents the mindset of the Americans...
Words: 767 - Pages: 4
...1) The Hartford Convention The Hartford Convention was a series of secret meetings held from December 15, 1814 to January 5, 1815 at Hartford, Connecticut. Delegates from the Federalist party from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont attended the Hartford Convention. 1 The Federalist Party was a political party which opposed President James Madison's trade policies (which continued President Jefferson's blockage of trade with Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars), as well as his continuation of the War of 1812.2 When Madison was re-elected in 1812 the discontent in New England intensified. In late 1813 Madison signed a more restrictive embargo act than any of those approved by Jefferson, this time prohibiting all trade between American ports (the coastal trade) and fishing outside harbors.3This conference occurred at a time in the war of 1812 "when American prospects seemed darkest".3 The purpose of the convention was to discuss "public grievances and concerns" , that is, among other things, the conduct of the war by the Democratic-Republican Party.4 Although the Federalist party was established with the idea of a stronger central government,5 this meeting/convention of New England Federalist adopted a strong states' rights position and expressed its grievances in a series of resolutions against military conscription and commercial regulations.6 The delegates of this convention argued that the Democratic-Republican Congress violated...
Words: 1216 - Pages: 5
...In George Washington’s Farewell Address and the Monroe Doctrine, both documents warned America to stay out of Europe’s frequent wars and stick to America’s isolationist principles. Woodrow Wilson aimed to fix the interior problems of the United States and was an isolationist. President Woodrow Wilson was a progressive who wanted to create a world with democracy. His ideal of “Moral Diplomacy,” was that people had the right to choose their own form of government and leaders through democratic elections because it had to represent the leaders of the government had to represent the ideals of the governed. This idea was used when there was a revolution in Mexico where General Huerta seized power and Wilson believed that Huerta’s actions were wrong so he sent troops to occupy a port to cut off...
Words: 521 - Pages: 3
...against the Monroe Doctrine, and the USA had to act on it. The Monroe Doctrine warns all nations to not interfere in American affairs. The Nuclear Missiles that were brought to Cuba were an extreme threat to the United States, therefore, establishing a naval quarantine around Cuba and intervening had to be done for the welfare of the United States. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a conflict between the United States and Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear missile bases that were found and being built in Cuba. The conflict only lasted 13 days in the October of 1962. In the short amount of time that the Cuban Missile Crisis transpired,...
Words: 1424 - Pages: 6
...James Monroe played an important role in our American History. For example, he wrote the Monroe Doctrine and became the fifth president of the United States. The Monroe Doctrine was created by James Monroe, it was too not permit any European Nation to extend its holdings. Monroe expressed the Doctrine in answer two pressing problems, the first to was a plan by the russians to establish a colony on the Pacific Northwest Coast. The second was a plan by several European nations to help Spain win back its former Latin American colonies(“Monroe Doctrine”). One statement warned Russia that the American continents were “not to be considered as subjects colonization by any European power”. A second warned France, Russia, Prussia, and Austria that any attempt to extend their “system to any portion of this Hemisphere” would be considered “ dangerous to our peace and safety”(“Monroe Doctrine”). James’...
Words: 393 - Pages: 2
...James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, in cohesion with John Quincy Adams, created one of the most significant policies/doctrines in American history. John Quincy Adams was not persuaded by the British expressions of friendship. In meetings of Monroe's cabinet late in the year 1823, Adams argued that the interests of the United States would be better served by a unilateral declaration. On December 2, 1823, Monroe firmly agreed, and put the declaration/doctrine before Congress. The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. In the Monroe Doctrine, several points stood out; such as the fact that the United States would not interfere in Europe. Likewise, Europe must not interfere with the United States. However, European intervention would be ‘dangerous to our peace and safety”. The United States did not clarify their reaction, but a few actions that would possibly be taken by them would include: Cut commerce with European nations, remove their ambassadors/diplomats from Europe, (cut diplomacy), and/or launch a full – scale war. The Monroe Doctrine was a response to European threats against independence, specifically in Latin America. The doctrine set forth several principles, among them: The Western Hemisphere was no longer open for colonization and the United States would refrain from participation in European wars and would not disturb existing colonies in the Western Hemisphere. This basically refrained Europe from colonizing...
Words: 324 - Pages: 2
