the united states in the caribbean

• An ideology is a system of ideas.
• A country’s foreign policy is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other countries 
• Examples of foreign policies are Manifest Destiny, Munroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary and Dollar Diplomacy
• Manifest Destiny was a policy that the United States was destined by God to conquer the Americas and Spread her ideas of democracy and federal government 
• In 1845 John O Sullivan coined the term 'Manifest Destiny' to describe the US ideology.
• As part of their 'Manifest Destiny' the US wanted to purchase Cuba and took control of Puerto Rico
• The US took control of the Navassa Islands in 1857
• The US took control of the Morant Keys and the Pedro Keys in 1869
• The Munroe Doctrine was headed by James Munroe in December of 1823
• The Munroe Doctrine warned that any European power attempting to colonize a country in the Americas would be regarded as an aggressor
• The Munroe Doctrine was a statement that said Britain should recognize the independence of Latin America
• The Roosevelt Corollary was also known as the Big Strike Policy
• The Roosevelt Corollary stated that the US had the right to intervene in the affairs of other countries in the West Indies.
• What is an ideology?

  a system of ideas
• The US colonies declared independence in 1776
• After 1783 th US expanded westward, the US government began to expand into Native American land
• The British West Indies sent molasses, ginger, pimento, sugar, and rum to the US colonies
• In 1783 Britain recognized the Independence of the US colonies
• From 1776 to 1783 trade was severed between the US colonies and British West Indies
• In 1783 the British allowed the trade of essential goods to continue with the US colonies
• From 1804 to 1805 the US colonies were only permitted to trade lumber and provisions with the British West Indies
• In 1822 Britain passed the West Indian Trade Act