Monroe Doctrine A renewal of European interest in the hemisphere caused the administration to adopt a nationalist foreign policy. James Monroe declared the position of the United States on European interference in the America, which over time became known as the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine was developed because the United States and Great Britain were concerned over the possibility of European colonial expansion in the America. At the Congress of Verona (1822) the representatives of …showed first 75 words of 903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 903 total…American nations, too, particularly because it state their right to independence. Because the doctrine as originally formulated made no clear distinction between the interests of the United States and those of its neighbors; however, the United States has used it to justify interference in the internal affairs of other American nations. Given growing United States anxiety about the unstable politics of Latin American countries, intervention has been especially widespread and arguable in the 20th century.