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Definition: Monroe doctrine from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a principle of US foreign policy that opposes the influence or interference of outside powers in the Americas


Monroe Doctrine

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
principle of American foreign policy enunciated in President James Monroe's message to Congress, Dec. 2, 1823. It initially called for an end to European intervention in the Americas, but it was later extended to justify U.S. imperialism in the Western Hemisphere. The doctrine grew out of two diplomatic problems. The first was the minor clash with Russia concerning the northwest coast of North America. In this quarrel, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams expressed the principle that the American continents were no longer to be considered as a field for colonization by European powers. That principle was incorporated verbatim in the presidential message. The other and more important part of the doctrine grew out of the fear that the group of reactionary European governments commonly called the Holy Alliance would seek to reduce again to colonial status the Latin American states that had recently gained independence from Spain. Great Britain, which wished to maintain open commerce with…
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From The Great American History Fact-Finder
Statement of policy issued by President James Monroe in his annual message to Congress. Influenced and developed by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, the Monroe Doctrine declared a hands-off policy in the Western Hemisphere. It asserted that the United States would not interfere with European…
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From The Oxford Companion to International Relations
What came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine originated in President James Monroe's message to Congress on 2 December 1823. The enduring element of Monroe's statement was a warning to Europeans to keep “hands off” the Western Hemisphere and not to extend further their control in the Americas. The…
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From Encyclopedia of American Studies
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The set of principles that became known as the Monroe Doctrine, a basic tenet of American foreign policy, was enunciated by President James Monroe in his annual message to Congress of December 2, 1823. The portion of Monroe's message relating to foreign affairs consisted ... …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
principle of American foreign policy enunciated in President James Monroe's message to Congress, Dec. 2, 1823. It initially called for an end to European intervention in the Americas, but it was later extended to justify U.S. imperialism in the Western Hemisphere. The doctrine grew out of two…
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From Milestone Documents in American History: Exploring the Primary Sources That Shaped America
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Author James Monroe Date 1823 Type Presidential/Executive; Speeches/Addresses Significance Reaffirmed the nation’s longstanding commitment to neutrality and offered an explicit warning to Europe that the entire Western Hemisphere was closed to further colonization Overview On December 2, 1823, in…
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From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History
The Monroe Doctrine (1823) proclaimed the United States as guardian of the Americas while pledging no U.S. political intervention in Europe. President James Monroe's annual message to Congress, delivered on 2 December 1823, declared the American republics free from further colonization by European…
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From Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
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The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 constitutes one of the major turning points of American foreign policy. Generations of American presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to John Kennedy to Ronald Reagan have invoked it in putting forward foreign policies designed to keep “foreign” influences out of the Western…
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1823 In 1823 in response to the long-anticipated successes of the Spanish-American independence movements, U.S. president James Monroe announced a hemispheric policy that later came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine. Penned principally by secretary of state and future president John Quincy Adams, …
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From Latin American History and Culture: Encyclopedia of Early Modern Latin America (1820s to 1900)
1823 The Monroe Doctrine was a statement issued by U.S. president James Monroe in 1823 outlining U.S. policy toward Latin America. The doctrine stated that as a central tenet, the United States would actively protect the sovereignty of the newly independent nations of Latin America and would work to…
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From Dictionary of American Government and Politics
The Monroe Doctrine was the policy announced by President James Monroe in December 1823, which stated that any attempts by European powers to interfere with, or establish new colonies, anywhere in the Americas would be considered unfriendly to US interests. In his State of the Union address, …
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