1. Brenda Cadena, Richie Cianci, Jimmy Walker, Nick Taylor

2.  Great Britain owned a territory called British Guiana by treaty  Robert Schomburgk asked to delineate British Guinana/ Venezuela boundary  Schomburgk Line claimed an additional 30,000 square miles for GB  Venezuela disagreed with new boundary  Gold discovered in territory  Great Britain sought to further extend boundary  33,000 square miles more west  Venezuela appealed for U.S assistance

3.  Venezuela citing the Monroe Doctrine as justification for U.S. involvement  Venezuela recurrently petitioned for U.S. assistance  sponsoring arbitration or intervening with force  U. S responded by expressing concern, but did little to facilitate a resolution

4.  Wanted to truly help out the Venezuelan people as they had repeatedly asked for our help in the dispute  Looked to the Monroe Doctrine as justifications for actions

5.  U.S. Secretary of State Richard Olney sent a note to British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury  demanding that the British submit the boundary dispute to arbitration.  Salisbury responded:  Monroe Doctrine had no authority as international law  The local population of Venezuela was very happy that the US answered their call after so many years

6.  President Grover Cleveland appointed a boundary commission  Stated that whatever the commission decides would stand and be enforced by any means necessary  Declared that the Schomburgk Line would be the boudary which dissappointed Great Britain  Preserved the 1835 Demarcation which dissappointed Great Britain  This was a compromise that favored neither side in the dispute

7.  The United States of America acted as Superman in this situation  Went in with no other motives than to help Venezuela who had pleaded for the US help for 19 years  US benefitted the both Great Britain and Venezuela by deciding on a compromise  Even though both sides were not happy, it benefitted both sides by coming up with the best possible solution

8. Venezuela US is far from Venezuela, but still in the same hemisphere This proved the US as a major world power specifically in the Western Hemisphere

9.  Pike, John. "Venezuela Boundary Dispute, 1895-1899." globalsecurity.org. globalsecurity.org, 2-12-09. Web. 13 Oct 2010. <http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops /venezuela1895  Schoult, Lars. "Venezuela Border Dispute." state.gov. Harvard University Press, 1998. Web. 13 Oct 2010..