“The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers....”
-- Historical document, 1823
From which historical document is the above excerpt most likely taken?
“The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers....”
-- Historical document, 1823
From which historical document is the above excerpt most likely taken?
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Thomas Jefferson’s inaugural address
The Monroe Doctrine
The United States Constitution
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The Monroe Doctrine