When the United States became independent in the late 18th century, it didn't have much of a foreign policy.

Their primary concern was creating the framework of a country that hadn't existed before.

However, after a few decades, the United States grew confident and eventually asserted its own unique foreign policy objectives.

The objectives eventually coalesced during the administration of President James Monroe,

and many of the objectives of this early foreign policy still remain in place today

Learn more about the Monroe Doctrine how it was created and how it's been implemented on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. So, In the United States foreign policy was pretty simple. In those early years everything revolved

around a few European countries, primarily Britain, France, and Spain, but also the Netherlands,

Russia and Portugal as well. Despite being located far from Europe, everything around them

was controlled by those countries. In the following years they fought an undeclared war

called the quasi war with France, they fought another war with Great

Britain in 1812, and the country eventually grew in size, strength, and confidence.

One of the unofficial standing policies of the United States was to support the independence for any European colony which was located in the Americas.

Of course, when this finally happened, the first country other than the United States to become

independent was Haiti, but that really wasn't what the Americans were thinking of.

And the story of the Haitian Revolution and its subsequent snub by the United States

is a story for another episode.

However, over time, other European colonies did become independent, and the United States

quickly recognized them.

In 1882, the United States recognized the new republics of

Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico. Not only were there new independent republics

in the Americas but it looked like there would soon

be other new ones in the future.

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