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(Origins of Monroe Doctrine)
Monroe Doctrine
In a speech before Congress during
December of 1823, President James
Monroe outlined his foreign policy that
came to be known as the Monroe
Doctrine.
Monroe's Secretary of State, John
Quincy Adams, is to be credited for the
concept of the policy and as the writer of
the speech. The themes of the doctrine
focused on non-intervention and noncolonization.
Causes:
The most important causes of the
declaration of Monroe Doctrine:
1.
Prevent any attempt of settling or recovery
of the colonies in Western Hemisphere.
2. To make clearly establish so called doctrine
of both spheres an the warning to Europe
of which it is kept inside his sphere.