Exodus is the book with Moses' story
Yes they are rivals. back and forth
1. Control of natural resources of colonies
2. The imperialistic nature of hegemony on government (couldn't have power w/o owning colonies)
3. Governments such as Spain, France, and the UK wanted to spread Christianity
4. They wanted to explore and exploit the unknown
Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Corollary--the Monroe Doctrine first set the policy that the western hemisphere was closed to colonization. The Roosevelt Corollary took it a step further by providing military behind the policy.
Following the independence movement in the US and throughout Latin America, the US wanted to protect the area from future colonization. The Monroe Doctrine made the statement and then 80 years later the Roosevelt Corollary enforced the doctrine with our navy and army force.
