The Doctrine Of The United States - 1227 Words

Helen Phan 6 November 2014 History 313 Gorman Venezuela The Monroe Doctrine was a policy issued in 1832, when Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin American had gained their independence, except for Cuba and Puerto Rico. The doctrine stated that any future colonization of free American continents by the European powers was prohibited If Europe were to colonize any land in the North or South America, the United States would have to intervene Due to defaulted debts to European investors, German, Great Britain, and Italian blocked the ports of Venezuela until the debts were paid off. They assured President Theodore Roosevelt that this blocking was only temporary and there were no territorial ambitions, which would violate the Monroe†¦show more content†¦In response to this, President James M. Monroe proposed the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 of trying to politically separate the United States and the western hemisphere and Europe. The doctrine proposed that Americans were off limits to further European colonization. The deal offered to the European with this doctrine was that the United States would not interfere with European affairs along with stopping any western hemisphere as well if the European powers abstained from any more efforts to colonize the Americans. If European powers continued to attempt colonizing land, it would be viewed as acts of aggression and such acts required American’s intervention. Otherwise, the Americans intended to remain neutral to existing European colonies. The British and United States wanted to have guarantees that no other European powers would move in, they wanted to keep them out of the new world because they did not want their trade jeopardized. Over the course of the nineteenth century, the Monroe Doctrine evolved and found support for United States society. However, Theodore Roosevelt’s way of interpreting it and how he applied it to situations was restrained. His view on the doctrine was narrowed and saw the doctrine’s purpose was to