THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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It gave foreign counties more power
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It became a mainstay of US foreign policy
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It gave the US more power
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t wasn’t important
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Monroe Doctrine was drafted because the U.S. government was worried that European powers would encroach on the U.S. sphere of influence by carving out colonial territories in the Americas.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The document was no longer about fending off European intervention. Rather, it allowed the United States to interfere in Latin America however it saw fit, laying the groundwork for decades of U.S. intervention to come. Learn more at Britannica.com.