Monroe Doctrine was the early-19th century announcement that the American continents were not subjects for future colonization by any European country.
The theory that sought to prevent <em>any part of the American continent from being colonized by European countries in the early 19th century is known as Doctrine Monroe.</em> Its promoter was James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States of America, but its author was Jhon Quincy Adams. With it, Monroe tried to prevent the interference of European states in the Americas, just at the moment when Spain and Portugal lost their colonies in that space. Taking advantage of this emptiness of Spanish and Portugal power in its former colonies, England, France, Holland and, other European countries, they sought to take advantage of the situation to expand imperially in the Americas. The phrase "America for the Americans" comes to summarize this policy, which was systematically developed throughout the continent from the 40s of the 19th century.
Dorothea Dix helped improve treatment of the mentally ill by making it her life's work to teach them. She would visit prisons and would educate the public about the poor conditions for prisoners and the mentally ill.
