James monroe
General Information:
Major "Events" during his Presidency:
- James Monroe had been the fifth president of the nation with Daniel Tompkins as his Vice President for both terms.
- Terms as President lasted from 1817 to 1825.
- Monroe had been a prominent Anti-Federalist, Senator, and promoter of Jeffersonian policies.
- The time of his Presidency had been labeled the "Era of Good Feelings."
Major "Events" during his Presidency:
- The First Seminole War, which began in 1817, had been the time where U.S. authorities had attempted to recapture runaway/fugitive slaves that were living among the Seminole bands. This led to the beginning of American pressure for the Spanish secession of the Florida territory under the Transcontinental Treaty (which didn't truly work due to resistance from Seminoles). The First Seminole War ended in 1818.
- The Treaty of 1818, otherwise known as the Anglo-American Convention, worked to resolve outstanding issues between the United States and Britain.
- The Panic of 1819 had been a great economic collapse of the economy due to excessive speculation (of the increase of price) of public lands. When this didn't pan out, the National Bank was forced to begin curtailing future loans while foreclosing on current ones.
- The Adam-Onis Treaties, also know as the Transcontinental Treaty, of 1819 had been an agreement between the United States and Spain that Florida would be under the ownership of the U.S. while there would be a setting of a boundary between the U.S. and "New Spain" or New Mexico).
- The Missouri Compromise of 1820 had been a bill that prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory that had been north of the 36-30 border except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. Additionally, it also stated that, in an effort to keep a balance between the number of free and slave states, Maine would become a free state.
- The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 had been a policy that stated that any efforts by European nations to colonize North or South America would be seen (in the eyes of the United States alone) as acts of aggression and would be treated as such. It also stated that the United States would no longer interfere with any existing European colonies or with any internal European concerns.