Name: 門羅主義 (The Monroe Doctrine)
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- On December 2, 1823,
U.S. President James Monroe

was giving his annual
State of the Union Address

to Congress when he threw
in a couple of remarks

"are henceforth not to
be considered as subjects

"for future colonization
by any European powers.

"nor does it comport
with our policy to do so.

"between the United States
and those powers to declare

"that we should consider
any attempt on their part

"to extend their system to
any portion of this hemisphere

James Monroe told the
crowned heads of Europe

Stop looking at your
maps and trying to decide

where you might place
a little colony next.

No more European
colonization in the Americas.

The Americas are the
United States' concern

So, this is an incredibly bold statement.

Let's not forget here
that the United States

They could, at best, be
said to be a minor power,

The United States is not a
major world military power,

having a strong Navy was
tantamount to being able

So, what was the response
when the United States

that they would not permit
any more colonization

or interference in the
Americas from Europe?

the United States was no
more than a little mosquito,

buzzing around, maybe
making a lot of noise,

No matter how much noise
the United States made,

the great powers of the
world was whether or not

the United States could
enforce the Monroe Doctrine,

which with such a weak military presence,

throughout the 19th century
and into the 20th century.

It became a justification
for Manifest Destiny

and would play a major role
in the foreign policies

of Teddy Roosevelt and
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

So, where did the Monroe
Doctrine come from?

Well, let's take a minute
to look at some of the

and the major players who brought
the Monroe Doctrine about.

It has been a bad couple of
years for monarchy in Europe.

For one thing, the Napoleonic
Wars and the French Revolution

have been convulsing the powers of Europe

By 1815, the Revolution
has more or less finished

and the monarchies of
Europe have been reinstated.

coming also from the American Revolution,

So, movements for independence
are now taking hold

There's a Chilean
movement for independence,

So, they've kind of
caught the democracy bug.

The people in the United
States are cheering

"breaking away from
old-fashioned, monarchical,

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