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James Monroe - the Quest for National Identity by Harry AmmonISBN-13: 9780070015821
ISBN-10: 0070015821
Publication Date: 1971
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
6.75 x 9.3 inches, 706 pages
James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as well as the last president of the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation. His presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings, concluding the First Party System era of American politics. He is best known for issuing the Monroe Doctrine, a policy of limiting European colonialism in the Americas. Previously he served as governor of Virginia, a member of the United States Senate, U.S. ambassador to France and Britain, the seventh secretary of state, and the eighth secretary of war.
Monroe served in the Continental Army during the… Read More
