Question

How did the Monroe Doctrine impact Europe's colonization of the Western Hemisphere

Answer 1

The Monroe Doctrine impacted on European colonization of the Western Hemisphere by putting a limit on it.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Monroe Doctrine reaffirmed the position of the United States against European colonialism, inspired by the isolationist policy of George Washington.

The United States, then a newly independent country that had achieved independence only 40 years ago, feared that the victorious European powers emerging from the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) would revive their colonial empires in the Americas. As the Napoleonic Wars ended, Prussia, Austria and Russia formed the Holy Alliance to defend monarchism. In particular, the Holy Alliance authorized military incursions to reestablish the dominion of the Bourbons over Spain, as well as under their colonies, which were at the time establishing their independence.

At the time, the Monroe Doctrine represented a serious warning not only to the Holy Alliance, but also to Great Britain itself, although its immediate effect, in terms of defending the new American states was purely moral, given that the economic interests and the political and military capacity of the United States at the time did not surpass the Caribbean region. It is very important to note that the United States at this time was still far from being considered even a regional power. In any case, the formulation of the Doctrine helped Great Britain to thwart the European plans of recolonization of America and allowed the United States to continue expanding its borders to the west.

Answer 2

Beginning in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was the official American government policy blocking and eradicating European influence in the Americas.

The doctrine is named after the United States president, James Monroe.

In the early 19th century a small and weak United States found it difficult to enforce the doctrine.

Today, it is seen as one of the longest standing doctrines in the country's history and a 'defining moment' in the country's foreign policy.

With a stronger enforcement of this doctrine, post civil war, European powers began to loose ground in the Americans.
Today, virtually no European country has any influence in the Americas.