Hello, I'm a french student who is studying English. In my civilization class, we talked about the Monroe Doctrine, saying that another aspect to it was a geographic isolation. And then, the teacher said something that I couldn't understand, probably because of his American accent
Here is what I wrote :
"Another aspect of the Monroe doctrine is that there is a geographic isolation as well. There are 2 oceans separating the US from Europe and Asia and a lot of people felt that they were not connected to what’s going on. Overall they basically defined America’s interest as the.."
And I couldn't hear what he said at the end, so I'm asking if it exists a special term related to that or whatever... Thanks for you responses
Perhaps he quoted this passage in the text: The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
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Perhaps he quoted this passage in the text:
The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.