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United States foreign policy doctrine historical document political doctrine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.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Roosevelt Corollary	0	1
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine	0	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instanceOf	United States foreign policy doctrine → historical document → political doctrine →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 (10)

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

Banana Wars → hasCause → Monroe Doctrine →

this entity surface form: Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

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

Presidency of James Monroe → hasPart → Monroe Doctrine →

United States foreign policy → historicalDoctrine → Monroe Doctrine →

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

this entity surface form: Roosevelt Corollary

Big Stick diplomacy → influencedBy → Monroe Doctrine →

Big Stick diplomacy → legalBasisClaimed → Monroe Doctrine →

James Monroe → notableWork → Monroe Doctrine →

Pan-Americanism → relatedTo → Monroe Doctrine →

Era of Good Feelings → significantEvent → Monroe Doctrine →