THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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He negotiated the Adams-Onis Treaty to gain control of Florida
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He negotiated shared control of Oregon with Great Britain
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He fought to repeal the Monroe Doctrine
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He ran against James Monroe to win the presidency
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He served as an ambassador in several European countries
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Detailed explanation-1: -He had no constitutional doubts about the authority of the President and Congress to construct a system of internal improvements, ranging from roads and canals to harbors, bridges, and other public works. In this, he supported the “American System” first proposed by Henry Clay while Clay was Speaker of the House.
Detailed explanation-2: -He had already secured the disarmament of the Great Lakes, fishing rights off of Canada, a U.S.-Canadian boundary, the accession of Florida, and a U.S.-Spanish border west of the Mississippi River giving America strong claim to the Pacific Coast in the Northwest.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Quincy Adams famously proclaimed “America goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy” in a speech that has been quoted ever since to justify noninterference by the United States in the affairs of other nations.
Detailed explanation-4: -All French treaties between the United States and France are declared null and void by vote in Congress, most notably the 1778 Treaty of Alliance. Congress adopts the Sedition Act, the fourth and last of the Alien and Sedition acts.