Step 1 - Watch the video.
Before reading, define the following words: disarmament, hemisphere, doctrine
Step 2 - Monroe's Dilemma - After the War of 1812, there was a new sense of nationalism, or national pride, in the United States. There was also a new president, James Monroe and new sense of unity since political divisions were fading away. This time period became known as The Era of Good Feelings.
Relations with Britain were improving as both sides agreed to a disarmament treaty along the Great Lakes that bordered the northern U.S. and British Canada. This helped the U.S. set a northern demilitarized border at the 49th parallel.
In addition, the U.S. gained the Florida territory from Spain in the Adams-Onis Treaty and started forming a new relationship with the newly independent country of Mexico (1821). This was not the only Latin American country that United States would be working with and the rest of the European nations knew that.
When Spain and Portugal were struggling to maintain their empires in the "New World," the U.S. was voicing its support for the Latin American colonies struggling for independence from these two powers.
In South America two men, Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin, were revolutionaries who helped gain independence for many modern countries. Bolivar, known as "The Liberator," won the freedom for present day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Bolivia, and Ecuador. San Martin led the fight for the countries of Chile and Peru.
Even though the United States fully supports and recognizes the young Latin American nations as independent, the Quadruple Alliance of European Superpowers France, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, are discussing plans to help Spain regain its Latin American colonies. The U.S. is in a delicate position because it supports countries trying to break free from European power in the Western Hemisphere, but the U.S. doesn't want to get into a conflict, or war, with these powers because of that support.
So what should President Monroe do about the European nations threatening to recolonize in the West?
Relations with Britain were improving as both sides agreed to a disarmament treaty along the Great Lakes that bordered the northern U.S. and British Canada. This helped the U.S. set a northern demilitarized border at the 49th parallel.
In addition, the U.S. gained the Florida territory from Spain in the Adams-Onis Treaty and started forming a new relationship with the newly independent country of Mexico (1821). This was not the only Latin American country that United States would be working with and the rest of the European nations knew that.
When Spain and Portugal were struggling to maintain their empires in the "New World," the U.S. was voicing its support for the Latin American colonies struggling for independence from these two powers.
In South America two men, Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin, were revolutionaries who helped gain independence for many modern countries. Bolivar, known as "The Liberator," won the freedom for present day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Bolivia, and Ecuador. San Martin led the fight for the countries of Chile and Peru.
Even though the United States fully supports and recognizes the young Latin American nations as independent, the Quadruple Alliance of European Superpowers France, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, are discussing plans to help Spain regain its Latin American colonies. The U.S. is in a delicate position because it supports countries trying to break free from European power in the Western Hemisphere, but the U.S. doesn't want to get into a conflict, or war, with these powers because of that support.
So what should President Monroe do about the European nations threatening to recolonize in the West?
Step 3 - Directions: As a "cabinet" decide which option fits best by choosing one of the following letters. Then write down the option on a separate sheet of paper and explain why it is the best choice in 30 words or more.