The+Monroe+Doctrine

President James Monroe declared the Monroe Doctrine in his seventh annual message to Congress on December 2nd, 1823. Essentially, the United States was informing the nations of the Old World that the American continents no longer allowed European colonization, and if the Europeans attempted to spread their ideas into the New World it would be considered as an act of aggression and the United States would need to interfere. This stopped the spread of European nationalism in the United States. The Monroe Doctrine was a defining moment in the foreign policy of the United States because it stopped the spread of European nationalism in the United States.
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"US Historical Documents." The University of Oklahoma College of Law: A Chronology of: The Monroe Doctrine. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. [].
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