1. "...as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved,...the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers…"
In what historical context was this speech given?
A) The League of Nations formed to spread democracy to newly independent nations.
B) Several states seceded from the United States and started the Civil War.
C) Many Latin American nations were declaring themselves independent from European control.
D) The United States lost several colonies to Spain during the Spanish-American War.
