The Monroe doctrine was stated during President Monroe’s seventh annual message to congress, in December 2, 1823. It stated very straight forward that the “American continents, (in which includes North America South America and Central America) by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.” President Monroe’s seventh annual message to congress put “European Powers” on notice American Continents were off limits to European colonization, and that any attempts to interfere with American Lands would be considered the “manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States”
By the 1820’s European power was out of the western hemisphere, and not wanting to deal again with the superpowers of the time, again, President Monroe made his statement. He furthered his statement by also saying that they had no right to impress on declared independent countries. Although if there is war between those states, United States will remain in its neutrality, though it will be hard to maintain peace and neutrality if it happens.
“The American continents…are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.” President James Monroe. Many Scholars have attempted to critically analyze Monroe’s administration in the production of this document. Ernest R. May, a scholar who has tried to take a closer look at the background principles of the doctrine, said “I found that I could not explain even to myself why the Monroe administration acted as it did.” “Though the foreign policy of the United States has undergone the necessary modifications of the time and circumstance, it is not too much to say that it has been dominated by, if not always directed by, a single principle of the Old World and New represent separate areas of international action, and the less political contact there is between them, the better.”
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