Monroe Administrations - Foreign Issues
Foreign Issues
As a young, dynamic, and increasingly powerful nation, the United States was not only expanding west into the vast Louisiana Territory it had recently purchased from France, its leaders also were interested in additional acquisitions, such as Florida, and in forging a relationship with the countries of Latin America.
The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was James Monroe's most notable contribution to the formulation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy, living on, in many different interpretations, more than a century and a half after his presidency. Contained in a series of statements in his annual address to Congress in December 1823, and only dubbed "The Monroe Doctrine" years after it was pronounced, the declaration of principles and interests Monroe made to Congress gave voice to American attitudes and actions toward Latin...
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