282. The Monroe Doctrine ,1823
It was under these circumstances that President Mon - roe sent a message to Congress . In it he stated the policy of the United States as fol - lows :(1) America is closed to colonization by any European power ;(2) the United States have not interfered and will not interfere in Euro - pean affairs ;(3) the United States regard the extension of the system of the Holy Alliance to America as dangerous to the United States ; and
(4) the United States would regard the inter - ference of the Holy Aliance in American affairs as an " unfriendly act .＂ This part of the mes - sage was written by Adams . He had had a long experience in diplomacy . He used the words " unfriendly act " as diplomatists use them when they mean that such an " unfriendly act " would be a cause for war . The British government also informed the Holy Alies that their inter - ference in American affairs would be resented . The Holy Alliance gave over all idea of crushing the Spanish colonists . And the Czar of Russia agreed to found no colonies south of fifty - four degrees and forty minutes north latitude .
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