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He participated in the battle of Trenton during the American revolution
James Monroe was an officer during the battle of Trenton when they lead an assault into the town to to get the guns before they could be used. During this assault he was greatly wounded and almost died of bleeding. He is also regarded as the last president that took part in the revolutionary war. -
Monroe served as U.S minister to France from 1794 1796
In 1794 Monroe was appointed minister to France by George Washington. As he was an ambassador he arranged for the rerelease of all the Americans in French prison. He also released Tom Paine who was a very influential person in our history. -
He served as a secretary of state and a secretary of war under James Madison
In 1811, President James Madison appointed him as Secretary of State. During the War of 1812 against Great Britain, President Madison also selected Monroe as Secretary of War and he served in this position from September 1814 till a peace treaty was ratified in February 1815. Monroe continued working as Secretary of State until March 1817. -
Treaty of 1818 was signed
During the presidency of James Monroe the Treaty of 1818 was signed between the United States and the United Kingdom to resolve long standing boundary issues. It resulted in the settlement of the region of the Pacific Northwest known as Oregon Country in America. Treaty of 1818 greatly improved U.S. relations with U.K. and Canada. -
During his time president the Florida purchase treaty was signed
Spain has long resisted attempts by the United States to buy Florida. The area had become a problem for Spain, however, due to the Latin American Wars of Independence and no Spanish presence in Florida. John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State under President Monroe, signed a deal with Spanish Foreign Minister Luis de Onis in 1819 to give Florida to the U.S. -
His time of presidency was called the era of good feeling
The Era of Good Feelings is a term used to refer to the period after the War of 1812 in which we saw an end to the political divisions between Federalists and Republicans. Monroe worked towards national unity and the elimination of parties from the political system. He did this so well that he essentially ran unopposed in the 1820 presidential election. -
He extended the recognition to the new countries formed in Latin America
By 1823, almost all Latin American colonies of Spain and Portugal had gained, or were at the point of gaining, independence from the Portuguese and Spanish Empires. James Monroe told the ambassadors to these new countries to declare that United States recognized them as independent and would support inter-American congresses. An American system distinct from that of Europe was the basic idea of James Monroe’s policy toward Latin America. -
The Monroe doctrine is considered a very important part in U.S foreign policy
James Monroe’s most famous achievement was the declaration of the Monroe Doctrine to Congress on December 2, 1823. It stated that U.S. would see further efforts by European nations to colonize states in the American continents as acts of aggression, requiring its them to interfere. However, it would not interfere in the affairs of already existing European colonies -
James Monroe was elected the 5th President of the United States
Monroe won the 1816 United States presidential election by defeating Rufus King by of 183 to 34. In the 1820 re-election, he was elected basically unopposed winning more than 80% of the popular vote. He was prevented from a unanimous electoral vote by one single vote for John Quincy Adams. James Monroe served as the fifth President of the United States from March 4, 1817 to March 4, 1825. -
The capital city of Liberia is named after James Monroe.
As president, James Monroe was a supporter of moving the freed slaves to Africa. Monrovia, the capital and most populous city in Liberia, is named after him. It is the only non-American capital city named after a U.S. President.
