What global changes prompted the Monroe Doctrine? What were its key provisions? How does it show America's growing international presence?
Territories of Spain in the New World had been fighting for independence, and many were successful. John Quincy Adams feared that Spain would attempt to regain its territories, including Florida, a part of the continental U.S. The Monroe Doctrine stated that the U.S. would oppose further European colonization attempts, abstain from involvement in European wars, and warned Europe not to interfere with the newly independent states in the New World.
Good question it depends on how dangerous and the people
Philippine sea, sea of Japan and Pacific Ocean.
The Islands of Japan are so narrow that no point in the country lies more than 150 km (93 miles) from sea waters.
To the West, there is the sea of Japan, which separates Japan from the Asian mainland. To the north, lies the sea of Okhotsk, and to the south is the East China sea. All these are extensions of the Pacific ocean which lies to the east of Japan. To the far south-east lies the Philippine sea.
