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The Monroe Doctrine attempts to halt non-U.S. colonization.

1823

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The Monroe Doctrine states that the U.S. will regard any additional colonization in the Western Hemisphere by any European country as an "act of aggression." This asserts the new nation's "ownership" and "right" to control these lands within the global sphere.