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Birthdate
Westmoreland County, Virginia. -
Married
To Elizabeth Jones Monroe. -
Army
When James Monroe dropped out of college to join the Continental Army with Washington. -
Military
Joins the Third Virginia Regiment. -
Political Service
When he was elected to the Virginia Assembly and a year later he was a Member of the Congresses of the Confederation until the year 1786. -
Eliza Kortright Monroe
First born child. -
U.S. Senator
He was elected a United States Senator, serving until 1794. -
Ambassador
To France under President Washington. -
Va. Governor
Elected Governor of Virginia from 1799-1802. -
James Monroe Jr.
Second born child. -
Date his son died
The time where James Monroe Jr. died at infancy, six months later from birth. -
Secretary of State
Under President James Madison. -
Secretary of War
During the War of 1812. -
Nickname
When James Monroe got his nickname "The Era of Good Feelings" president. -
First Term
When he, James Monroe, was elected president. -
Rush-Bagot Agreement
The agreement limits naval capacity on the Great Lakes; in doing so, it alleviates possible tension between the two nations following the War of 1812. Each country is held to one ship on Lakes Champlain and Ontario, and two ships on all the other lakes. -
Monroe tours New England
The tour gives birth to the designation of Monroe's administration as the “Era of Good Feelings.” -
Aguirre Mission
Monroe enunciates a policy of neutrality towards the Latin American colonies seeking independence. -
Mississippi Becomes a State
The twentieth state in the union. -
Seminole Indian uprisings
Secretary of War John C. Calhoun orders General Andrew Jackson to quell Seminole Indian uprisings in the Floridas and southern Georgia; Jackson also receives a private letter from Monroe urging such action. In March 1818, Jackson pursues the Seminoles into Spanish Florida -- where he suspects they are receiving assistance -- takes the fort of St. Marks on March 6, forces the surrender of Fort Carlos de Barrancas, and executes, among others, a Scot Indian trader and a British lieutenant. -
Illinois Becomes a State
The twenty-first state of the Union. -
Alabama Becomes a State
The twenty-second state of the Union. -
The Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 begins to take shape. A sharp decline in real estate values and a severe credit contraction (an inability to secure bank loans) inflates the currency and causes imports and prices to fall. In March, the price of cotton collapses in the English market. The conservative policies of the Second Bank of the United States, founded in 1816, accelerates the crisis, which ends around 1823. -
Second Term
Elected a second time. -
Marriage of Daughter
Was the first to marry in the White House. -
Maine becomes a state
The twenty-third state of the Union. -
Monroe Doctrine Announced
President James Monroe formally articulated a foreign policy position that became known as the “Monroe Doctrine.” -
Monroe does not seek re-election
At sixty-seven, Monroe decides not to seek re-election in the presidential race -- a contest that is far more contentious than the previous one. Henry Clay, William Crawford, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and John C. Calhoun initially vie for nominations. -
John Quincy Adams inaugurated
John Quincy Adams is sworn in as the sixth president of the United States. -
Death date
Marble Cemetery, New York, N.Y.; removed in 1858 to Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
