In 1823, U.S. President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine. It stated that no European nation should intervene in any situations in North or South America, and in return, the United States would not meddle in European affairs. It was originally intended to protect the newly freed South American countries, once Spanish colonies. The Roosevelt Corollary had the same fundamental principals, and therefore did not alter the nature of the doctrine or the intentions of …showed first 75 words of 317 total…

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