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His inauguration as 5th President of the United States.
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This period encompassed the Era of Good Feelings (1815-1824) during which there was no hard political fighting
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The economic plan advocated by Henry Clay, called the American System, was established
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The First Seminole War (1817–1818) erupted in Florida as the Seminole Native Indian tribe defended their lands with runaway slaves who had joined them.
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The Convention of 1818 - 49th parallel was set as the border with Canada in the Treaty of 1818
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The Panic of 1819 occurred when the Second Bank of the United States tightened its loan policy
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The U.S. canceled $5 million in Spanish debts and in return Florida was ceded by Spain to the United States. The Florida Treaty of 1819 (Adams-Onis Treaty).
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James Monroe gets re-elected for the second term.
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The Land Act of 1820 was enacted April 24, 1820 that led to the future confiscation of land from Native Americans and lower cost lands for settlers in the west
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The Texas-Indian Wars (1820 - 1875) began and developed into a series of conflicts between settlers in Texas and the Great Plains Indians
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The Missouri Compromise between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in Congress. The legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, retaining the balance between slave and free states
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The Monroe Doctrine was delivered to Congress. The doctrine declared against foreign colonization or intervention in the Americas and the US proclaims its intention to remain neutral in European wars.
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The Arikara War - Campaign against Arickaree Indians in Dakota Territory
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This was the end of the Era of Goof Feeling.
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His presidency and term in office ends. The next US President became John Quincy Adams
