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Born: April 28, 1758
Westmoreland, Virgina

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He received early education at the Campbell Town Academy, and attended the College of William and Mary when he was only 16.

Monroe was a successful student and showed talent as a young student

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Studied Law with Jefferson

1780 Elected to Virginia Legislature

1783-1786 Continental Congress

1788 Delegate to Virginia convention, where he voted against U.S. Constitution.

1794-1796 and 1803 Minister to France

1799-1803 Governor of Virginia

1803 Minister to England

1804 Diplomatic mission to Spain

1806 Negotiated treaty with Britain.

1811 Governor of Virginia

1811-1815 Secretary of State and of War

1817-1825 President

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(1817-1825)
Vetoed bills to make internal improvements (roads, bridges, etc.), reflecting his Democratic-Republican beliefs.

First Seminole War 1817-1818.

Purchased Florida

Supported Missouri Compromise

Monroe Doctrine

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The period of Monroe’s presidency is called the Era of Good Feelings, because the Federalists ceased to be a major political force,

The argument for this is that the Missouri Compromise was reached

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Monroe dropped out of the College of William and Mary to join the Continental Army in 1776.

Promoted to Major.

He was severely wounded in his

He was eventually sent to North Carolina to report on British activity in the area.

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Monroe is known as a solid president that held firm to the constitutional principles of limited power.

The blemishes on his record were the U.S. expansion in Florida, and his belief that if slavery was acceptable in one state, congress cannot prevent a new one from allowing it.

The Monroe Doctrine was not important in his life time, but would be in the future.

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Monroe owned slaves his whole life.

He spoke against slavery as governor of Virginia

He did not support abolition, and he worked for the Missouri Compromise, which extended slavery into that territory.