Monroe Doctrine
American isolationist declaration
The Monroe Doctrine is the 1823 U.S. foreign policy principle declaring that European colonization or intervention in the Americas would be viewed as hostile acts.
President James Monroe asserted that the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European expansion.
The doctrine became foundational to American foreign policy, later invoked to justify U.S. intervention in Latin America: Critics called the invasion another exercise of the Monroe Doctrine.
Earth's American half
- Latin AmericaRomance-speaking Western Hemisphere
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- United StatesNorth American federal republic
- New WorldWestern Hemisphere landmasses
Pan-Americanism · John Quincy Adams · 1823 · hemispheric · inter-American · South America · Central America · Mexico
Dominant nation or magical ability
- influencePower to affect others
- preeminenceSuperior status above others
- unilateralismActing without international cooperation
- gunboat diplomacyPersuasion through naval presence
banana republics · coercion · paternalism · American exceptionalism · backyard · protectorate · client state · sphere of influence
International relations strategy
- declarationFormal public announcement
- unilateralismActing without international cooperation
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
State of the Union · executive authority · national security
Policy of staying uninvolved
- non-interferenceAbstaining from meddling
- neutralityState of taking sides
- separationState of being apart
- withdrawalAct of taking away
self-reliance · detachment · transatlantic · buffer · distance
Dominant states of Europe
- anti-colonialismOpposition to foreign domination
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- Spanish EmpireHistorical Iberian colonial power
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
French Empire · spheres of influence · independence · sovereignty · Old World · Holy Alliance · Concert of Europe · colonial ambitions
Western Hemisphere
Earth's American half
- Latin AmericaRomance-speaking Western Hemisphere
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- United StatesNorth American federal republic
New World · Pan-Americanism · John Quincy Adams · 1823 · hemispheric · inter-American · South America · Central America · Mexico · Cuba
superpower
Dominant nation or magical ability
- influencePower to affect others
- preeminenceSuperior status above others
- unilateralismActing without international cooperation
gunboat diplomacy · banana republics · coercion · paternalism · American exceptionalism · backyard · protectorate · client state · sphere of influence · intervention
foreign policy
International relations strategy
- declarationFormal public announcement
- unilateralismActing without international cooperation
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
self-determination · State of the Union · executive authority · national security
nonintervention
Policy of staying uninvolved
- non-interferenceAbstaining from meddling
- neutralityState of taking sides
- separationState of being apart
withdrawal · self-reliance · detachment · transatlantic · buffer · distance
European powers
Dominant states of Europe
- anti-colonialismOpposition to foreign domination
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- Spanish EmpireHistorical Iberian colonial power
British Empire · French Empire · spheres of influence · independence · sovereignty · Old World · Holy Alliance · Concert of Europe · colonial ambitions · Napoleonic Wars
- Americas HistoryAmerican Revolution, Aztec Empire, colonial era, colonization, Columbus
- 1800sVictorian era, Napoleon, Gilded Age, Queen Victoria, Industrial Revolution
- historical documentsDeclaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers
- foreign policydiplomacy, diplomatic negotiations, sanctions, containment, deterrence
- Latin American historycolonial history, independence movements, political history, indigenous history, encomienda
- 1800s PoliticsBismarck, Disraeli, Gladstone, Lincoln, Queen Victoria
Monroe DoctrineHoly Alliance
Reactionary coalition of Christian monarchs
Brezhnev Doctrine · Concert of Europe · Scramble for Africa · European imperialism · Berlin Conference
Monroe DoctrineNATO
Western defense organization
mutual defense pact · Holy Alliance · multilateralism · Treaty of Versailles · League of Nations
Monroe DoctrineBerlin Conference
Meeting that divided Africa
Scramble for Africa · British Empire · Spanish Empire · colonialism · Congress of Vienna
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