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The Monroe Doctrine at the time of its adoption thus pertained more to the Russians in North America than to the former Spanish colonies.

The result was a system of American isolationism under the sponsorship of the British navy.

The Monroe Doctrine held that the United States considered the Western Hemisphere as no longer a place for European colonization ; that any future effort to gain further political control in the hemisphere or to violate the independence of existing states would be treated as an act of hostility ; and finally that there existed two different and incompatible political systems in the world.

The United States, therefore, promised to refrain from intervention in European affairs and demanded Europe to abstain from interfering with American matters.

There were few serious European attempts at intervention.