James Monroe by Julian Reyes https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg Government en-us 2019-01-23 21:40:24 UTC 2019-01-25 21:07:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Education 360536 https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/323704218 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
]]> 2019-01-23 21:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/323704218 Birth 360536 https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/323704426 Born: April 28, 1758 
Westmoreland, Virgina ]]> 2019-01-23 21:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/323704426 Presidency 360536 https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/323704872 (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 
]]> 2019-01-23 21:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/323704872 Beliefs (Slavery 360536 https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/323706382 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.
]]> 2019-01-23 21:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/323706382 Revolutionary War 360536 https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/324236716 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.
]]> 2019-01-25 07:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/324236716 Legacy 360536 https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/324236956 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.


]]> 2019-01-25 07:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/324236956 Political Career 360536 https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/324237739 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


]]> 2019-01-25 07:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/324237739 Era of Good Feeling 360536 https://padlet.com/360536/geuel62flosg/wish/324238418 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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