what purpose did the monroe document serve?

Question

iv read the document 3 times now, and i cant see what point it served and how it helped america and other countries. 5 pts to the person w/ the best answer :) thx

***doctrine*** sry bout that

Answer 1

The purpose was to keep us out of wars, by declaring that it is not up to us to interfere between countries in the Americas and their parent countries in Europe. It also made the statement that European countries should butt out of American business, which put it somewhat on the side of the Americas while declaring we would be neutral in a fight. So I suppose it has been confusing people ever since it was promulgated.

Answer 2

The Monroe Doctrine is a U.S. doctrine which, on December 2, 1823, proclaimed that European powers should no longer colonize or interfere with the affairs of the nations of the Americas. The United States planned to stay neutral in wars between European powers and its colonies. However, if these latter types of wars were to occur in the Americas, the United States would view such action as hostile..

Answer 3

Do you mean Monroe Doctrine?

"By the mid-1800s, Monroe's declaration, combined with ideas of Manifest Destiny, provided precedent and support for U.S. expansion on the American continent. In the late 1800s, U.S. economic and military power enabled it to enforce the Monroe Doctrine. The doctrine's greatest extension came with Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary, which inverted the original meaning of the doctrine and came to justify unilateral U.S. broadened in Latin America. "

read more about it here:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/jd/16321.htm