Seventh Annual Message to Congress

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The Seventh Annual Message to Congress was President James Monroe’s 1823 address that famously articulated the Monroe Doctrine, shaping early U.S. foreign policy toward the Western Hemisphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf State of the Union message
presidential address
alsoKnownAs Monroe Doctrine
surface form: Monroe Doctrine speech
archivedIn National Archives and Records Administration
audience members of the United States Congress
author James Monroe
containsDoctrine Monroe Doctrine
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1823-12-02
deliveredAt United States Congress
deliveredTo United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
documentForm written message
era Era of Good Feelings
governmentalRole articulation of U.S. foreign policy doctrine
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States
historicalSignificance foundational statement of the Monroe Doctrine
key document in early U.S. hemispheric policy
influenced 19th-century U.S. diplomacy in the Americas
later interpretations of the Monroe Doctrine
language English
legalStatus policy statement
location Washington, D.C.
medium written text
policyPosition non-interference of the United States in European internal affairs
opposition to further European colonization in the Americas
warning against European intervention in newly independent American states
politicalContext Latin American wars of independence
post-Napoleonic Europe
predecessor Sixth Annual Message to Congress
presidencyNumber 5
president James Monroe
presidentialAdministration Presidency of James Monroe
surface form: James Monroe administration
primaryFocusRegion Latin America
Western Hemisphere
relatedConcept non-colonization principle
non-intervention principle
relatedDoctrine Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
subjectOf historical scholarship on U.S. foreign policy
successor Eighth Annual Message to Congress
timePeriodAddressed early 19th century international relations
topic European colonialism in the Americas
U.S. foreign policy
Western Hemisphere
national security
non-intervention
year 1823

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Monroe Doctrine announcedIn Seventh Annual Message to Congress
State of the Union addresses historicalPrecedent Seventh Annual Message to Congress
subject surface form: State of the Union address
this entity surface form: Annual Message to Congress