What global changes prompted the Monroe Doctrine? What were its key provisions? How does it show America's growing international presence?
Territories of Spain in the New World had been fighting for independence, and many were successful. John Quincy Adams feared that Spain would attempt to regain its territories, including Florida, a part of the continental U.S. The Monroe Doctrine stated that the U.S. would oppose further European colonization attempts, abstain from involvement in European wars, and warned Europe not to interfere with the newly independent states in the New World.
