Monroe Doctrine

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United States foreign policy doctrine historical document political doctrine

The Monroe Doctrine was a foundational 19th-century U.S. foreign policy principle that opposed European colonialism in the Americas and asserted a special sphere of influence for the United States in the Western Hemisphere.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Monroe Doctrine canonical	16
Monroe Doctrine era	1
Monroe Doctrine policy	1
Monroe Doctrine speech	1
Roosevelt Corollary	1
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States foreign policy doctrine ⓘ historical document ⓘ political doctrine ⓘ
announcedBy	James Monroe ⓘ
announcedByOffice	President of the United States ⓘ
announcedIn	Seventh Annual Message to Congress ⓘ
announcedOn	2 December 1823 ⓘ
appliedDuring	Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ U.S. opposition to European interventions in Latin America ⓘ Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Americas ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Latin America ⓘ
asserts	special sphere of influence for the United States in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ
component	non-colonization principle ⓘ non-intervention principle ⓘ separation of spheres between Europe and the Americas ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
declares	Western Hemisphere ⓘ surface form: Western Hemisphere is closed to future European colonization any European attempt to oppress or control states in the Americas would be viewed as hostile to the United States ⓘ
field	diplomatic history ⓘ international relations ⓘ
hasCorollary	Big Stick diplomacy ⓘ surface form: Roosevelt Corollary
hasEffect	limited European political influence in the Americas ⓘ
hasInterpretation	defensive anti-colonial doctrine ⓘ justification for U.S. hegemony in the Americas ⓘ
historicalContext	independence of Latin American republics ⓘ post-Napoleonic Europe ⓘ
inception	1823 ⓘ
influenced	Cold War policy in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ Good Neighbor policy ⓘ surface form: Good Neighbor Policy Monroe Doctrine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roosevelt Corollary U.S. interventionism in Latin America ⓘ
influencedBy	British foreign policy interests ⓘ George Canning ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	unilateral U.S. policy statement ⓘ
mainSubject	Western Hemisphere ⓘ
namedAfter	James Monroe ⓘ
notFormally	international law instrument ⓘ treaty ⓘ
opposes	European colonialism in the Americas ⓘ European intervention in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ
region	Western Hemisphere ⓘ
relatedTo	Big Stick diplomacy ⓘ surface form: Big Stick policy United States territorial expansion ⓘ surface form: Manifest Destiny Pan-Americanism ⓘ
subjectOf	U.S. imperialism debates ⓘ United States–Latin America relations ⓘ international relations theory ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Early Republic of the United States → hasPart → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Pan-Americanism → relatedTo → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

James Monroe → notableWork → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

United States foreign policy → historicalDoctrine → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Era of Good Feelings → significantEvent → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Monroe Doctrine → influenced → Monroe Doctrine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roosevelt Corollary

Presidency of James Monroe → hasPart → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Banana Wars → hasCause → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

Big Stick diplomacy → influencedBy → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Big Stick diplomacy → legalBasisClaimed → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Community of Latin American states (historical context) → hasHistoricalContext → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monroe Doctrine era

United States interventions in Latin America → hasDoctrinalBasis → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Portrait of James Monroe → hasSubjectNotablePolicy → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Seventh Annual Message to Congress → alsoKnownAs → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monroe Doctrine speech

Seventh Annual Message to Congress → containsDoctrine → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 → relatedDoctrine → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Expansion of the U.S. Navy → associatedWithDoctrine → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

United States occupation of Nicaragua → relatedTo → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

United States occupation of the Dominican Republic → hasCause → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monroe Doctrine policy

United States–Latin America trade → historicallyLinkedTo → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine → basedOn → Monroe Doctrine ⓘ