For almost two hundred years foreign policy was dealt with in such a way starting with the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine was the cornerstone of U.S foreign policy from 1823 to about one hundred years thereafter. ... So, in his second annual message to Congress, James Monroe declared that the Old World and New World had different systems and must remain distinct spheres, Monroe made four basic points-- The United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of or the wars between European powers, would recognize and would not interfere with existing colonies and dependencies in t...
The treaty was signed on April 30th, 1803 by Secretary of State James Monroe as he was instructed by President Jefferson, who announced the treaty to the rest of the country on July 4th of that year, but there was a problem. ...