Secretary of State John Quincy Adams is often credited as the 'real' author of the Monroe Doctrine because he:
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Correct answer: Urged Monroe to declare unilaterally rather than jointly with Britain
Adams argued that the U.S. should not come in as a 'cockboat in the wake of the British man-of-war.' He believed the U.S. must act independently to assert its own status as a rising power in the hemisphere.
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