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James Monroe was the last American president of the "Virginia Dynasty," so named because four of the first five presidents were from Virginia

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5th President of the United States
(March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1825)

Nicknames: "The Last Cocked Hat"; "Era-of-Good-Feeling President"

Born: April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died: July 4, 1831, in New York, New York

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father of the United States Constitution. No other delegate was better prepared for the Federal Convention

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4th President of the United States
(March 4, 1809 to March 3, 1817)

Nicknames: "Father of the Constitution"

Born: March 16, 1751, in Port Conway, Virginia
Died: June 28, 1836, at Montpelier, Virginia

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He died on July 4, 1826

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Founding father the principal author of the Declaration of independence 1776 and the third president of the United States

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A series of laws known collectively as the Alien and Sedition acts were passed by Federalist congress in 1798 and signed into law by president Adams

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Adams was a Federalist. Adams who still saw himself as above party politics.

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States as the xyz affair The French rebuff was seen as a blow to American honor and became a major rallying issue for Federalists, who were generally anti-French

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Although not among the richest or most politically powerful families of the day, the Washington household property included 20 slaves by 1743.

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1795 George Washington signs the Jay's Treaty with Great Britain

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September 19,1796
Washington early in 1796 determined to retire in March 1797 and idea of issuing a valedictory

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Birth 1732 Death 1799 Political None Years in office 1789-1797