On December 2, 1823, the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, expressed the Monroe Doctrine in his seventh annual message to Congress. The Monroe doctrine was a basic policy for the defense of all North and South American nations against foreign attack. The end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815 marked the breakup of the Spanish empire in the

On February 1, 1793, France declared war on Great Britain and Holland and faced Americans with a political problem. France was the United States ally during the American Revolution but the financial support of Great Britain was important to American ship owners. The United States didn't know whom to support during the war, considering that, both countries were vital to America's success as a nation. The policy of neutrality was believed to be the best solution to their political problem; therefore, Washington issued the proclamation on April 22, 1793 warning American citizens to avoid involvement in hostilities. This helped keep the war strictly a European war.

Although the United States was able to stay true to the Monroe doctrine in having "no permanent friends, only permanent objectives," they were unable to do so with the Proclamation of 1793. So in

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