USA warns Britain against shifting British Guiana's boundary with Venezuela

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

Domains

Colonialism and colonisation
Diplomacy

Dates

Date of occurrence 1895-07-20

Places

United States (Location)
Guyana (Involved)
United Kingdom (Involved)
Venezuela (Involved)

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USA sends a diplomatic note to Britain, declaring that a modification by force of the boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela would be a violation of the Monroe doctrine. This ruling, which was passed in 1823, declares to intervention or occupation of land in the Americas would be seen as acts of war by the USA.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "USA warns Britain against shifting British Guiana's boundary with Venezuela". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19161, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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