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In President James Monroe's annual address to Congress in 1823, he outlined his foreign policy. This policy has become known as the Monroe Doctrine. What was the main point of the Monroe Doctrine?

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After the Adams-Onis treaty which gave Florida to the USA, and solved a dispute with eh borders of the  Lousiana Purchase. James Monroe was concerned that Spain and other European countries would reconquer their old colonies (most of which revolted and became independent). So James Monroe wrote the Monroe Doctrine which formulated a declaration of principles on South America. He warned that, quote, "the American Continents, 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 power."

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The United States would prevent future European colonization in the western hemisphere.

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