Answer:
It was Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. It became a sanctuary for Huguenots, the French Calvinists, who suffered persecution in France, and also for Jews who had flown from Spain and Portugal where their options were to convert or to be burned. There they could settle and worship. Jews invested in the local stock market and opened synagogues in Amsterdam.
Explanation:
President James Monroe wrote the Monroe doctrine because fear existed that the European powers might try to restore their postions in Latin America, which had in general already obtained their independence. The message that he was trying to get across : The United States were not to tolerate European Countries to make new colonies or interfere with the new independent countries; likewise, the United States would not get involved with conflicts between European Powers.