USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.

Detailed explanation-2: -James Monroe, The Monroe Doctrine from the President’s Annual Message to Congress, Washington Republican Extra, December 2, 1823. (Gilder Lehrman Collection) President James Monroe’s 1823 annual message to Congress included a warning to European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -The context for the Monroe Doctrine was the collapse of Spanish rule in Latin America during the Napoleonic wars. With Napoleon dispatched at the Battle of Waterloo and “normalcy” returning to continental politics by the early 1820s, fears arose that Spain might try to reclaim its colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -1) The United States would not get involved in European affairs. 2) The United States would not interfere with existing European colonies in the Western Hemisphere. 3) No other nation could form a new colony in the Western Hemisphere.