LAD #10

Monroe Doctrine

             
  Presented by James Monroe the Doctrine was a speech given to the United States Congress. It was proposed for the sake of national security, and they didn't want to risk having any other superpower take over again. It was designed to separate the old world from the new world. The idea was to stop Europe from colonizing the new countries in Latin America. The United States feared that the colonozation so close to home would pose a threat to the Americans. It was also a way of saying that the european countries really needed to mind their own business. The Doctrine also helped to make ties with Great Britain, some would call a 'special relationship'. Britain decided to help which was necessary because the US could not fight it alone. The Doctrine lasted a very long time and its effect was great.