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The Roosevelt Corollary was articulated in the aftermath of the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903. In late 1902, Britain, Germany, and Italy imposed a naval blockade of several months against Venezuela after President Cipriano Castro refused to pay foreign debts and damages suffered by European people in a recent Venezuelan civil war. [3]
The blockade provided the initial basis of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. [14] [15] In 1904, although he had mentioned the basis of his idea beforehand in private letters, Roosevelt officially announced the corollary, stating that he only wanted the "other republics on this continent" to be "happy and prosperous".
Roosevelt noted the importance of continuing the industrialization of the country as the primary driver for wealth and progress. In terms of foreign policy, the President championed the First Hague Conference using it as a platform to improve relations with likeminded countries.
Great Power Rising: Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of US Foreign Policy (Oxford UP, 2019) excerpt. Thompson, John M. "A 'Polygonal' Relationship: Theodore Roosevelt, The United States and Europe." Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 15.1 (2016): 102–106. Thompson, John M. "Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of the Roosevelt ...
If all of the republics to the south of us will only grow as those to which I allude have already grown, all need for us to be the especial champions of the doctrine will disappear, for no stable and growing American Republic wishes to see some great non-American military power acquire territory in its neighborhood.
There is some proof that Roosevelt had information suggesting there was a possibility of such an attack. A memo released to the public in 2011, sent to Roosevelt three days before the 1941 attack ...
The 1906 State of the Union Address was written by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, on Monday, December 3, 1906. He did not speak directly to the 59th United States Congress. He said, "The readiness and efficiency of both the Army and Navy in dealing with the recent sudden crisis in Cuba illustrate afresh their value ...
Seeking to minimize European power in Latin America, he mediated the Venezuela Crisis and declared the Roosevelt Corollary. Roosevelt mediated the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), for which he won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. He pursued closer relations with Great Britain. Biographer William Harbaugh argues: