Question

What actions prompted John Quincy Adams to write the Monroe Doctrine?


threats from European powers to recover Latin American colonies

British settlements in the Pacific Coast territory

tariffs imposed on the United States by Latin American countries

seizure of Spanish forts in Florida by the United States

Answer 1

The action that prompted John Quincy Adams to write the Monroe Doctrine was the **threats from European powers to recover Latin American colonies**. The Monroe Doctrine, articulated in 1823, was a response to concerns that European nations, particularly those that had lost their colonies in Latin America, might seek to reassert control over the newly independent states in the region. The doctrine asserted that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas would be viewed as an act of aggression, warranting U.S. intervention.