During the Congress of Vienna form 1814 through 1815, the Holy alliance halted liberal movements in Italy. Six years later, the alliance subdued Spanish rebels. The following year, France crossed into Spain and restored all power to the Spanish king. Britain, however, had benefitted greatly by trading with the Spanish republic in South America, and did not want the monarchy to resume. Britain tried to ally with the U.S. against the Holy Alliance, but the U.S. did not see this as a very intelligent course of action. This decision was made by John Adams, and supported by Monroe. Monroe created a statement of American policy in his seventh annual message to Congress.
The first point he raised was that colonization had ended in the Americas. They were free of European influence and all powers in Europe should not try to interfere. He believed that the two political systems, those of Europe and the Americas, were entirely too diferent to be merged in any way. Secondly, he made it known that Americans would not interfere with existing European colonies in any way. This statement had little immediate effect, but it led to patriotism throughout the America's.
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