Importance Of The Monroe Doctrine

The Monroe Doctrine was developed because the United States and Britain were concerned over the possibility of European colonial expansion in the Americas. It asserted that any nation enacted any unwanted advances within the Western Hemisphere as an act of aggression toward the United States. The Monroe Doctrine states that any country has the right to defend itself from unwanted outside forces. The Monroe doctrine also promised to protect any other country within the Americas, should they be attacked or an attempt was made by any European country to colonize it. This was a very generous offer to all third world countries within the Americas.
The Monroe Doctrine is important because it has come to mean that the US has the power to intervene