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* The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy statement
* which created separate spheres of European and American influence.

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* In the early 1800s Spain's Central and South American colonies rebelled and gained their independence.
* U.S leaders were proud of their successful revolutions, but worried that spain and it's allies would reconquer the region.
* President James Monroe spoke about these concern to congress and created what is known as the Monroe Doctrine.
* The cornerstone of American Foreign Policy.

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* Monroe made four basic points:
* (1) the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of or the wars between European powers.
* (2) the United States recognized and would not interfere with existing colonies and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere.
*(3) The Western Hemisphere was closed to future colonization.
*(4) any attempt by a European power to oppress or control any nation in the Western Hemisphere would be viewed as a hostile act against the United States.

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*  The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the America's beginning in 1823.
* At the same time, the doctrine noted that the U.S. would recognize and not interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal concerns of European countries.

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The Monroe Doctrine -- A Brief Explanation