To me he was happy to be on dry land but worried that this was not were he was to be going in the first place I hope this helps
The Monroe Doctrine<span> was </span>important<span> because it stated that the newly independent United States would not tolerate European powers interfering with the nations in the Western Hemisphere, and if the European powers did interfere, then the United States would retaliate with war.
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