The doctrine warning Europe against new colonisation in the Western Hemisphere (1823)
Set out in his annual message to Congress; largely drafted by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams
US Presidents · 19th century
James Monroe
1758–1831 · American
Democratic-Republican
In office: 1817–1825
James Monroe, the 5th president, was the last of the Revolutionary generation to hold the office. His two terms, known as the "Era of Good Feelings", saw the Missouri Compromise, the acquisition of Florida from Spain and the Monroe Doctrine, which warned European powers against further colonisation in the Americas.
How to spot them
- ▸The Monroe Doctrine (1823); the 'Era of Good Feelings'
- ▸Monrovia, capital of Liberia, is named after him
- ▸Wounded at the Battle of Trenton; shown holding the flag in 'Washington Crossing the Delaware'
- ▸Died on 4 July 1831, the third president to die on Independence Day
In office
The 'Era of Good Feelings' (1817–1825)
Period of one-party dominance after the collapse of the Federalists
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, banning slavery north of 36°30' in the remaining Louisiana Territory
The Adams–Onís Treaty acquiring Florida from Spain (1819)
Spain ceded Florida and a boundary with Spanish territory was fixed to the Pacific
The Panic of 1819 (1819)
First major peacetime financial crisis in the United States
Quick-fire facts
- •Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia
- •Helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase in Paris with Robert Livingston (1803)
- •Re-elected virtually unopposed in 1820; one elector voted for John Quincy Adams instead
- •Served as Secretary of State and Secretary of War at the same time under Madison
- •Nicknamed 'the last cocked hat' as the last Revolutionary War officer to be president
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Sources
- Miller Center, University of Virginia — James Monroe