(1817-1825) VIRGINIAN

• Was Madison’s Secretary of State
• Republican nominee in election 1816
• People thought he was like Washington
• Came within one vote of being the only President to be elected unanimously
• Called, "The last of the Revolutionary farmers"
• Two terms in office
• "good feelings era" – end of war of 1812 and Federalist Party

Accomplishment of Monroe:

• 2 treaties in his term

1. Rush-Bagot Treaty – disarm Great Lakes region and established undefended American border with British Canada
2. The Adams-Onis Treaty 1821- join American and British occupation and settlement of Oregon.

Got Florida from Spain

3. MOST FAMOUS MONROE DOCTRINE

1823 American continents were closed to colonization by European nations. Europe could not intervene in the Western Hemisphere and the U.S. would not interfere in European affairs. ISOLATIONISM