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EMERGENCE OF USA

HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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Use the excerpt to answer the question that follows.With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power, we have not interfered, and shall not interfere. But with the Governments who have declared their independence and maintained it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration and on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any interposition [interference] for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European power, in any other light than as the manifestation [expression] of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States.-James Monroe, December 2, 1823Which statement BEST explains why James Monroe proposed this foreign policy position?
A
The U.S. planned to establish colonies of its own through Latin America.
B
European efforts to regain control in Latin America threatened U.S. interests.
C
The U.S. had signed military alliances with several Latin American countries.
D
European actions in Latin America violated agreements to respect human rights.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The European powers, according to Monroe, were obligated to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States’ sphere of interest. President James Monroe’s 1823 annual message to Congress contained the Monroe Doctrine, which warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

Detailed explanation-2: -Monroe’s Message to Congress The United States, for its part, would not interfere in the political affairs of Europe, or with existing European colonies in the Western Hemisphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -The three main concepts of the doctrine-separate spheres of influence for the Americas and Europe, non-colonization, and non-intervention-were designed to signify a clear break between the New World and the autocratic realm of Europe.

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