The Monroe Doctrine Post Monroe Essay

The War of 1812 took place while president James Madison was in office. Madison was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1751. He attended the College of New Jersey, which is now well known as Princeton. Madison did many significant things both before and after he was in office. He participated in the framing of the Virginia Constitution, served in the Continental Congress and he was also a leader in the Virginia Assembly. One of his major contributions was a ratification to the Constitution. He wrote the Federalist essays along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In writing that, many people then began referring to him as the “Father of the Constitution.” Madison felt guilty for getting all the credit so he protested

The true intention of the Monroe Doctrine was to make the U.S.’s position clear on where they stood on foreign affairs, but that changed as soon as other land was left for grabs. This document was created in 1823 in order to solidify the stance of the United States which was neutral in a conflict. The conflict was Europe wanted Latin America, but Latin America wanted to be their own countries. The next conflict that is important to this argument is Texas Independence. In the 1830’s Mexico wanted to increase national government by offering land grants to Americans and Mexicans and this eventually lead to Texas wanting to be separated from Mexico.

The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and England. Ending in 1815 with the Treaty of Ghent, the war did not accomplish any of the issues it was being fought over. For the US, the War of 1812 seemed to just be one failure after another. Although the military suffered great failure during the war, these were the direct consequence of the failure of the citizens to unite for the causes of the war. Because of these failures, it is quite valid to call the War of 1812 "America's worst-fought war".

On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe articulated his seventh annual message to Congress. This message presented Americans with a statement that changed the way the Western Hemisphere would be view and how international affairs toward the new Latin colonies would be handle from this point forward. It addressed European nations in particular and stated that “the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet nations” The Monroe Doctrine was initially designed to protect the Latin colonies but later President Theodore Roosevelt extended the Doctrine to include the United States would be the policing powers of the Western Hemisphere, this became known as the Roosevelt Corollary. Roosevelt stated that the United

Throughout the course of history, the United States has remained consistent with its national interest by taking many different actions in foreign policy. There have been both immediate and long term results of these actions. Foreign policy is the United States policy that defines how we deal with other countries economically and politically. It is made by congress, the president, and the people. Some of the motivations for United States foreign policy are national security, economics, and idealism. The United States entry into World War I in 1917 and the escalation of the Vietnam War in 1964 and the both had great impact on the United States.

The election of 1844 pitted James Polk, a Democrat expansionist, against Whig leader Henry Clay. One of Polk’s slogan was called, 54°40 or Flight, which supported pushing foreign troops past that latitude and out of the Oregon Territory. Fundamentally, that was jointly administered by the United States and British in Canada. Polk’s supporters also wanted the immediate annexation of Texas as well as expansion into the Mexican-claimed territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Clay, too, favored expansion, but at a slower rate. He also hoped to avoid war by negotiating with Mexico and Britain for the land America wanted. The election was close, but in the end Polk won. In the last days of his administration, President Tyler proposed the annexation of Texas, arguing that Polk’s victory amounted to a mandate for annexation. The annexation vote was passed, the United States annexed Texas, and Mexico broke off diplomatic relations. Under these circumstances, war with Mexico seemed likely.

In Senator James Buchanan’s Letter to Edward D. Gazzam, 1844, (Document D) he said that Texas should remain independent but pointed out that, “But suppose that this cannot be, and that it should be satisfactorily established that we must either admit it or see it pass under the dominion of Great Britain; -what ought then to be done?” Some Americans feared that Britain would try to take over Texas if America did not. Briton William Kennedy pointed out in his diplomatic communications to Lord Aberdeen, 1844, (Document F) that war with Mexico would, “Produce an embarrassment of affairs, and would leave warm work and divided laurels for [Tyler’s] successor.” John O’Sullivan’s article in Democratic Review, 1845, (Document G) said that other nations have taken actions to stop the expansion of the United States, “This we have seen done by England, our old rival and enemy; and by France, strangely coupled with her against us.” Foreign relations worries were another cause of the war with Mexico, along with the desire to expand slavery and internal political

When the Monroe Doctrine was first implemented many Americans felt a sense of duty. They felt obligated to protect lands near their country who also wanted the same dream Americans once had. Independence. However as time went on America slowly became a country hungry for power, materials, and most of all land. Resorting to using cheap tricks and methods to provoke another country to go into a war that they will surely lose against the United States. Due to this, the foreign policy actions the United States implemented did reflect the selfish imperialist ambitions they had due to the wars they got into, America’s belief that it was their “destiny” to gain land, and the cunning tricks they used to take land from an independent nation

In this essay I will be explaining to you all on how the Monroe Doctrine came to be, who the document was authored by and how they gained the inspiration and where he got his ideas for this document from. I will explain what nations were affected by the policies of the Doctrine which I will explain in a little bit. I will explain how this document helped the Mexican President Juarez in successfully revolting against the Emperor Maximillian of the French. I will also cover how the British affected the document and also how President Roosevelt wanted to extend the Doctrine with his “Roosevelt Corollary.”

The years Thomas Jefferson and James Madison took office were in many ways difficult for the United States. Several events which compounded upon each other lead to the American-British War of 1812 which ended officially in 1814 with the peace Treaty of Ghent. None of the issues which instigated war were really resolved and it would seem that for the US, the War of 1812 was just a series of failures and few triumphs that, in the end, cost the Natives more than anyone else.

The United States feared that Spain would try to regain the Latin America colonies, and that Europe would try and help Spain recover them. They also feared that Russia would establish colonies in Alaska. The Monroe document has three principles to cover.

During the 1800s, the Age of Enlightenment was well and alive, inspiring colonies and settlements to revolt against their home countries in Europe. Apart of this, many colonies in South America were in a revolution against the Spanish Rule. Monroe was worried that Spain and France may seek to stake claim back in their colonized lands (1). By issuing this doctrine, it would help keep unwanted powers out of the Americas and protect the US from being invaded.

This benefitted the Americans because it allowed them to gain the territory from other countries without Europe getting involved. During the Mexican American War, years after the establishment of the doctrine, the American’s desire to expand increased as they had their eyes set on Texas and California, but Great Britain also showed interest in these territories, which angered the Americans because they did not abide the doctrine. Great Britain's

In 1823, the Monroe Doctrine, by 5th President James Monroe, stated that the US would not interfere with European nations. Later on, in 1946-1948 the Mexican War was fought between Mexico and the United States. One of the main causes of the war was the annexation of Texas. As a result of manifest destiny and America’s desire to expand westward a conflict with Indian tribes arose. President Jackson’s Indian Removal Act fabricated a dispute between a portion of the Americans and the Indians. Some tribes did not agree to move from their territories and as a result, wars broke out between them and the US Government. Consequently, westward expansion caused many disputes between foreign countries and Indian

The second video I watched and that I’m writing my second report on is U.S Foreign Policy during the 1960’s. Foreign Policy is defined as “Programs and policy that determine America’s relation with other nations and foreign entities.“ Trade agreements like NAFTA, National Security, and embassies all relate to U.S Foreign Policies. Policies that makes or breaks an alliance is Material/Strategic relations, in other words if two countries have a lot of the same thing like soldiers or bombs those two countries might want to become allies.