On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe introduced The Monroe Doctrine during his seventh annual address to Congress. In the doctrine, Monroe warned European powers not to interfere in the ...

Born: April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia... Monroe, a charming man admired for his honesty, presided over two decisions that presaged the rest of 19th century American history ...

but because Britain would doubtless prevail in a border war—and in the process wrest strategically located real estate from an American republic and breach the Monroe Doctrine. Washington ...

For decades, U.S. leaders have shied away from asserting dominance in the hemisphere, forgetting the very foundation of American foreign policy — the 1823 Monroe Doctrine. In 1895, Secretary of ...