Summary Of The Monroe Doctrine

President James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, was the author of the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine was drafted as a part of the president’s annual message to Congress in 1823. This document expressed three principles: Europeans powers can no longer make any further efforts at colonization in the Americas, the United States would abstain from getting involved in the wars of Europe, and European powers were warned not to interfere with Latin America. In the Transcript of Monroe Doctrine (1823), Monroe stated that the American continents were “not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers” (1). The Russian Imperial Government proposed that there should be a negotiation for the rights