and the Era of Good Feelings
1816: Democratic- Republican elected 5 th president John Quincy Adams - Secretary of State
Era of Good Feelings- nickname for time period of Nationalism- Feelings of pride and loyalty toward your country (from the War of 1812)
Erie Canal Cumberland Road
With British Canada US & Britain fought over fishing rights in Great Lakes and NE coast
Convention of 1818: o Shared fishing rights o Joint occupy Oregon o Set border between U.S. & Canada at 49 th parallel
Issues with Native Americans and runaway slaves o Monroe sent troops to secure border o Jackson invades and takes over Spanish Florida With Spanish Florida
Adams-Onis Treaty o 1819 o U.S. got Florida o Spain got parts of Louisiana (Texas )
Latin American countries gained independence U.S. worried about bigger nations taking over Background:
Monroe issued statement Dec. 2, 1823: Don’t mess with the west!! North & South America is off limits for future colonization
Showed that the U.S. saw itself as a world power.
Chief Justice John Marshall Maryland tried to tax national bank Supreme Court ruled Second Bank of the U.S. was constitutional (Elastic Clause) Maryland could not tax Federal Laws are superior to state laws