From an American perspective post War of 1812, the Monroe Doctrine expressed that the northwestern coast of North America was independent and free of any further colonization. The idea of neutrality was still implied, but president James Monroe asserted that European powers were not to colonize in North America.
2. What was the Secretary of State Adams' hope when he wrote the Monroe Doctrine?
When he wrote the Monroe Doctrine, Adams hoped that there would be no further colonization in the western hemisphere, and that America would stay away from foreign interests that would get it into trouble. He hoped that there would be peace and safety.
3. What is the key phrase in the entire document that you need to remember as the cornerstone of American foreign policy?
"With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere. But with the Governments who have declared their independence and maintain it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration and on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European power in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States."
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