Stated that the United
States would oppose
any European attempt
to build new or reclaim
old colonies in the
Americas.
A message to Congress in 1832
A bold foreign policy statement
Monroe
Doctrine
Monroe declared that the United
States would not interfere in the affairs
of European nations.
At the same time, he warned European
nations to stay out of the Western
Hemisphere and not to attempt to
regain newly independent nations of
Latin America.
Showed the United States
was determined to keep
Europe out of the Western
Hemisphere