International affect

The Monroe Doctrine was created by James Monroe so the U.S. could establish their independence. This affected other nations because America was almost banning other countries from their territory in the west. Colonist like Spain wanted to regain power over some of the territory they lost in South America, located in the western hemisphere. Spain then formed alliances with Portugal and France. Portugal also owned U.S. territories, at once.

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