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Why was The Monroe Doctrine written?

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The Monroe Doctrine was drafted because the U.S. government was worried that European powers would encroach on the U.S. sphere of influence by carving out colonial territories in the Americas.

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Because the us was threatened by the fact that European powers could intrude of the sphere of influence in the Us by forming colonies in North and South America
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