The Monroe Doctrine: Meanings and Implications

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Monroeism was first proposed by President James Monroe in his annual address to Parliament in 1823. The doctrine became the major foreign policy document of the United States, and the Western hemisphere announced that it was not influenced by European colonization and intervention. Violating Monroe poses a threat to the United States. Monismicism has had a major impact on the relationship of foreign policy between the United States and Latin American countries. In a Latin American country like Spain, because it asked the US to leave the United States alone to Spain on the basis of the position of isolation, it had a positive effect. However, since the United States no longer helps or help them in the war with other countries, it has had a negative effect on Spain. Paradoxically, Dr. Monroe also proved the American expansionist idea of ​​the day and the land conflict often caused by these ideas.

On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe officially detailed the position of foreign policy called "Monroeism". The president only took three paragraphs each year in a conference speech, but Monroe is one of the most influential foreign policy statements of the President of the United States, which is a touchstone of American foreign policy in the 20th century. For the majority of the Monroe administration, Latin America Spanish colonies left colonial era powers. The rumor began to spread and the United States was shocked when Spain tried to withdraw her colony with the help of her ally. By November 1823 President Monroe decided that in response to the prospects of the Spanish monarchy the United States is trying to revive the colonial empire, it is necessary to publish unilateral statements.