2. Background
• Monroe was the 5th president
• Was a lawyer/planter
• Fought in the Revolutionary War
• Democratic Republican Party
• The speech was to congress in 1823
3. Origin
• Original speech was on December 2nd, 1823
• Adams came to Monroe
• Washington’s Farewell Address
• Western Expansion
• European countries wanting new territories
4. The Doctrine Itself
• Europe should not colonize or mettle in affairs
of the Americas
• Promised neutrality in conflict between
European Countries and their colonies, only if
the colonies were not in the Americas
• Acts against the Doctrine were considered
hostile
5. Opposition
• Over the years, it became more unpopular
across Central America
• Russia and other European countries
• Pan American Conference of 1928
6. Political Impact
• James K. Polk used doctrine as basis for some
of his policies
• Kept European countries out of the Americas
• The Roosevelt Corollary
• Was essentially what Washington’s farewell
address was
