#5 – james monroe born: april 28, 1758 birthplace: westmoreland county, virginia term: 2 (1817-25)...
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#5 – James Monroe
#5 – James MonroeBorn: April 28, 1758
Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Virginia
Term: 2 (1817-25)
Vice President: Daniel Tompkins
Children: 3;2 girls and 1 boy
Nickname: “Era of Good Feeling President”
Died: July 4, 1831
#5 – James MonroeA son of a wealthy planter1774: entered the college of William and Mary.1776: enlisted in the Third Virginia Regiment.Seriously wounded in the Battle of Trenton.Served as a colonel.1780: unable to obtain a field command, he moved back to Virginia and studied law with Thomas Jefferson.
#5 – James Monroe1782: elected to the Virginia House of delegates.
1783 - 86: elected to the Confederation Congress.
Feb. 16, 1786: married Elizabeth Kortright
1790: elected a U.S. Senator from Virginia.
1794: appointed a diplomat to France.
#5 – James Monroe1799-1802: served as Governor of Virginia.
1803-07: appointed minister (diplomat) to Great Britain.
1808: tried to run for President- Madison received the majority of electoral votes.
1810: served in the Virginia Assembly.
1811: elected Governor of Virginia again.
#5 – James Monroe1811: appointed Secretary of State by Pres. Madison
1814: President Madison appoints him as Secretary of War. (He holds two positions)
1817: elected the 5th President of the U.S.
1818: Andrew Jackson invades Spanish Florida. He violates Congressional war powers. (Seminole Wars)
Why?
#5 – James MonroeOnly Congress
can declare war!
Convention of 1818: this was an agreement with England to set the border between British Canada and The U.S. at the 49 degree north latitude line.
#5 – James Monroe1819: Pres. Monroe justifies Jackson’s attack.
Why?
Spain was going to cede Spanish Florida to the U.S. anyway.
1819: Adams-Onis treaty: Spain cedes, or surrenders, Spanish Florida to the US.
#5 James Monroe1820: Missouri Compromise: This admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. This compromise outlawed slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase, north of the 36 degree north latitude line.Kept a balance of power between free and slave states in the Senate.Monroe supports this law.
#5 – James Monroe1823 : Monroe Doctrine proclaimed: No European country may colonize the America’s. If you do we will stop you!
1825: does not run a third term. Ends his Presidency.
Retires on an estate in Loudin County, Virginia.
July 4, 1831: died at his daughters house in New York City.
#5 – James MonroeInteresting Facts:
1817: Construction of the Erie Canal begins.
1818: Convention of 1818 signed. Sets the boundary for U.S. and Canada.
1818: Seminole Wars in Florida
#5 – James Monroe
1819: Adams – Onis treaty -Spain cedes Florida to the U.S.
1820: Missouri Compromise signed.
1821: Mexico receives Independence from Spain1822: Electric motor invented – Michael Faraday. (England)1823: Monroe Doctrine proclaimed.
States admitted:1817: Mississippi (20)1818: Illinois (21)1819: Alabama (22)1820: Maine (23)1820 Missouri (24)24 states in the Union.