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James Monroe

James Monroe. By J acob Powell & Skye Simonsen. The Basics:. Born on April 28 th , 1758 In Westmoreland Country, Virginia. He died the Fourth of July 1831, while in New York. He died of Heart Failure. . The Basics:.

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James Monroe

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  1. James Monroe By Jacob Powell & Skye Simonsen

  2. The Basics: • Born on April 28th, 1758 • In Westmoreland Country, Virginia. • He died the Fourth of July 1831, while in New York. • He died of Heart Failure.

  3. The Basics: • He married Elizabeth Kortright, and had three children, two girls and a boy. • Eliza Kortright Monroe(1786-1835) • James Spence Monroe (1799-1800) • Maria Hester Monroe (1803-50) • James was six feet tall, broad shoulders, and a raw- boned frame.

  4. His political standing: • Democratic- Republican From Virginia • Religion- Episcopalian • Military man during the First Seminole war • Member of the Continental Congress, 1783-86 • United States Senator, 1790-94 • Governor of Virginia, 1799-1802

  5. Happenings during presidency • Five states admitted- • Maine • Illinois • Alabama • Missouri • Mississippi

  6. Happenings during presidency • --The First Seminole war 1817-18 • --Began when settlers attacked Florida Indians and the Indians retaliated by raiding Georgia homesteads. • --The First Seminole War Followed the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain.

  7. Happenings during presidency • Monroe Doctrine • --Was little known by Europe, but eventually became a longstanding tenet of U.S. foreign policy. • --He articulated United States policy on the new political order in the rest of the Americas and the role of Europe in the Western Hemisphere.

  8. Happenings during presidency • Missouri Compromise • --an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro and anti slavery factions in the United states congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories.

  9. Happenings during presidency. • Mexican independence!!!!! • --It started as an idealistic peasants' rebellion against their colonial masters, but finally ended between liberals and conservatives. • HOT LIKE MEXICO REJOICE!

  10. The end

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