Effects of no Monroe doctrine

What happens with no Monroe doctrine?

  • Europe reconquers South America

    Votes: 1 7.7%
  • More meddling in internal affairs from Europe

    Votes: 12 92.3%

  • Total voters
    13
  • Poll closed .
What would have happened if there was no Monroe doctrine, or any analog for it from the United States of America?
 
In as much as the Royal Navy was the Monroe Doctrine, yes...
Very much so. When President Monroe announced that the hemisphere was closed, the US did not have the capacity to enforce it, but the British could. In return Britain was able to extend the reach of its informal empire.

To a degree, it could be argued that in the absense of a official American doctrine, the British would have enforced something similar, though probable the Dutch, French and even Spanish would have had more leeway.

Something which might have changed is Portuguese-Brazil relations given that the Doctrine came in less than a year after independence and the Brazilian Emperor was also the heir presumptive of Portugal, but it’s likely a similar outcome would’ve occured.
 
I think the Monroe Doctrine was a key moment in the sense that it "locked in" the rules of Hemispheric influence gathering from "Clients and Colonies" to "Informal Empire". The crumbling Spainish influence and lack of solid identity and stability in much of Latin America presented two different potential options: either the powers fight for all or nothing domination of various regions in a New Imperialism competition, or they could compete in a more broader general sense in cultural and commercial penetration. Britain's decision was really the leading factor here, and Id argue the fact that the US more or less solidified it's non-alignment in the European power games by saying "We won't mess in your affairs if you don't mess with ours" tilted the balance for London.
 
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