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100 points!! Why was it in the best interests of the United States to have good relations with European powers?

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The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. ... By the end of the 19th century, Monroe's declaration was seen as a defining moment in the foreign policy of the United States and one of its longest-standing tenets.

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