2. #5 – James Monroe

3. Born: 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

4. #5 – James Monroe A son of a wealthy planter 1774: 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. #5 – James Monroe 1782: 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.

6. #5 – James Monroe 1799-1802: 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.

7. #5 – James Monroe 1811: appointed Secretary of State by Pres. Madison 1814: President Madison appoints him as Secretary of War. (He holds two positions) 1817: elected the 5 th President of the U.S. 1818: Andrew Jackson invades Spanish Florida. He violates Congressional war powers. (Seminole Wars) Why?

8. #5 – James Monroe Only 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.

9. #5 – James Monroe 1819: 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.

10. #5 James Monroe 1820: 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.

11. #5 – James Monroe 1823 : 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.

12. #5 – James Monroe Interesting 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

13. #5 – James Monroe 1819: Adams – Onis treaty -Spain cedes Florida to the U.S. 1820: Missouri Compromise signed. 1821: Mexico receives Independence from Spain 1822: Electric motor invented – Michael Faraday. (England) 1823: Monroe Doctrine proclaimed.

14. States admitted: 1817: Mississippi (20) 1818: Illinois (21) 1819: Alabama (22) 1820: Maine (23) 1820 Missouri (24) 24 states in the Union.