1. Monroe & The Era of Good Feelings
“Never before, perhaps, since the institution of civil government, did the same harmony, the same absence of party spirit, the same national feeling, pervade a community. The result too consoling to dispute too nicely about the cause.
--- National Intelligencer---
James Monroe
Fifth President of the United States

2. 1.Defining the Era of Good Feelings
-“Era of Good Feelings” is the name given to James Monroe’s two terms as President ( )
Phrase coined by a Boston newspaper writer after Monroe took office
-Federalist Party dies out after the War of 1812, creating a one-party system
Hartford Convention made them seem unpatriotic
 This image attacks the Hartford Convention, a series of secret meetings of New England Federalists held in December The artist caricatures radical secessionist leader Timothy Pickering and lampoons the inclinations toward secession by convention members Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, alleging encouragement from English King George III.

3. 1.Defining the Era of Good Feelings
-Surge in nationalism throughout the country
More people begin to recognize and respect power of the national government
-America begins to establish itself internationally and expands its economy
-Although there is only one party, nation still divided over slavery and democratic republicans begin fighting amongst themselves
“4th of July 1819 in Philadelphia”
By John Lewis Krimmel
(German-born American artist, )
This painting epitomizes the joyous feelings of nationalism in the United States during the Era of Good Feelings. The portrait of Washington and the flag shows the patriotism in America. The men in military uniform reveal the sense of pride and unity in the nation.

4. 2.Growing Federal Power
-Supreme Court cases began to expand the powers of the national government through its decisions
-Marbury v. Madison, 1803
Gave Supreme Court the power of judicial review
Can review laws and decide if constitutional

5. 2.Growing Federal Power
-McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819
State of Maryland tries to tax the National Bank, arguing that it had no constitutional right to exist
Court decided that implied powers do exist and that all national laws are supreme
-Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824
-New York would not allow anyone to operate a steamboat on waterways without a NY license
Court decided that interstate commerce would be controlled by the National government

6. Declared himself the commander of northern Florida
3.Foreign Influence
-General Andrew Jackson led troops into Spanish Florida in 1816 to search for Seminole Indians that were harboring escaped slaves
Declared himself the commander of northern Florida
-John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, negotiates the Adams- Onis Treaty with Spain in 1819
Spain gives Florida to the US and America gives up any claims to Texas or Cuba
“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.”
Andrew Jackson

8. 3.Foreign Influence
-America tries to claim western hemisphere as its own and stop colonization by Europe
-President develops the Monroe Doctrine in 1823
-States that Europeans should not colonize the western hemisphere or intervene in affairs there
In return the US will not interfere with European affairs
Monroe had no real way to back up his claims and did not even have the approval of Congress

9. 4.Missouri Compromise
-After American Revolution northern states began to gradually emancipate (free) slaves
 -Missouri applied for statehood in 1819
Only part fell within the latitude of Northwest Ordinance; 1/6 of population was already slaves
-Caused division in Congress over slavery because it would sway balance in the Senate to slave states
Proposed Tallmadge Amendment for gradual emancipation of slaves in the area but failed
-Settled on Compromise of 1820/ Missouri Compromise: Missouri would be a slave state; Maine would be a free state; draw the line (North is free; South is slavery)
What do you notice about the land marked as Slave Territory and the land marked as Free territory?
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