James Monroe
James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States, serving from 1817 to 1825.
His presidency is associated with the "Era of Good Feelings" and the Monroe Doctrine, which opposed European colonialism in the Americas.
Monroe was the last president who had been a Founding Father and the last to wear the powdered wig and knee breeches of the Revolutionary generation.
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- foreign policyInternational relations strategy
Louisiana Purchase · alliance · protocol · ratification · accord · statesmanship · France · Britain
Established body of teachings
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- 1817Early 1800s date
- 1825A four-digit date
- Missouri Compromise1820 slavery boundary legislation
administration · executive · cabinet · Republican · nationalism · statesmanship · incumbent · oath
Scottish upland region
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- RichmondVirginia's seat of government
- governorState's chief executive
- colonialOf occupied territories
Commonwealth · Founding Father · landowner · slaveholder · William and Mary · law · militia · Continental Army
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
foreign policy · Louisiana Purchase · alliance · protocol · ratification · accord · statesmanship · France · Britain · Spain
doctrine
Established body of teachings
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- 1817Early 1800s date
- 1825A four-digit date
Missouri Compromise · administration · executive · cabinet · Republican · nationalism · statesmanship · incumbent · oath · Monrovia
Highland
Scottish upland region
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- RichmondVirginia's seat of government
- governorState's chief executive
colonial · Commonwealth · Founding Father · landowner · slaveholder · William and Mary · law · militia · Continental Army · Revolutionary War
- Jefferson EraThomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republicans, Louisiana Purchase, Monticello, Lewis and Clark
- 19th Century LeadersLincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Napoleon III, Victoria
- Founding FathersGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton
- Louisiana PurchaseLouisiana Purchase, Louisiana Territory, 1803, Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte
- Statesmenstatesmen, Benjamin Franklin, politicians, Thomas Jefferson, ministers
- War of 1812War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, Battle of New Orleans, Fort McHenry, Lake Erie
James MonroeWoodrow Wilson
Twenty-eighth American president
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Harry Truman · George W. Bush · Theodore Roosevelt · British Empire
James MonroeDonald Trump
Andrew Jackson · Abraham Lincoln · Richard Nixon · Andrew Johnson · John Adams
James Monroeanti-imperialists
Opponents of territorial expansion