What is Monroe Doctrine?
{{multiple image | direction = vertical | image1 = jamesmonroe-npgallery.jpg | image2 = John Quincy Adams.jpeg | width = 210 | caption1 = [[US President]] [[James Monroe]]. | caption2 = [[US ecretary of State]] [[John Quincy Adams]], the author of the Monroe Doctrine. }} The '''Monroe Doctrine''' was a [[foreign policy of the United States]] that was proclaimed in 1823 by [[President of the United States|US President]] [[James Monroe]] but had been the idea of [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[John Quincy Adams]]. It stated that no [[Europe|European]] power could [[colonialism|colonize]] any more of the [[Americas]] or the rest of the [[Western Hemisphere]]. In particular, most of the [[Spanish Empire]] in [[South America]] had recently become independent because of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] against [[France]]. Having won the [[Peninsular War]], [[Spain]] wanted its empire back, which the Monroe Doctrine warned that the [[United States]] would resist. The [[United Kingdom]] agreed because it wanted to trade with the newly-independent countries and so it helped enforce the Monroe Doctrine by its powerful [[Royal Navy]]. {{multistub|history|politics|US}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Monroe Doctrine}} [[Category:1823]] [[Category:1820s in the United States]] [[Category:James Monroe]]