Transcript The Era of Good Feeling - Sire`s American History Part I

The
“Era of Good Feelings”?
(1816 -1824)
Mr. Marston
Dominion Christian High School,
Marietta, GA
Essential Question:
What were the major
characteristics of the ”Era of
Good Feeling? ”
Era of Good Feelings
• 1. Jefferson’s political philosophy
continued. “The Virginia Dynasty”
• James Monroe elected president in
1816. He did not create controversy.
• He was immensely popular
• The war of 1812 had been “won” and
patriotism continued to be strong.
• No political opposition to Republicans.
(Collapse of the Federalists)
• Monroe’s two terms = Era of Good
Election of 1816
• Monroe: Secretary of State to Madison,
defeated Rufus King (Federalist) 183 to
34.
• Last of the Revolutionary generation to
serve in the White House.
The Election of 1816
[The Demise of the Federalist Party!]
James Monroe [1816-1824]
John Quincy Adams: Secretary of
State under Monroe
A bulldog among spaniels!
Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817)
• Disarmament agreement between U.S.
and Britain
• Threat of naval competition on the
Great Lakes vanished with an
arrangement to limit military forces
• Gave rise to the tradition of unfortified
borders between Canada and the United
States
Convention of 1818
• 1. northern limit of the Louisiana
Purchase was settled by extending
national border along the 49th parallel
• 2. Oregon Country would be open to
joint occupation by the British and the
Americans, but boundary remained
unsettled
• 3. American fishing rights in
Newfoundland and Labrador confirmed.
The Convention of 1818
The West & the NW: 1819-1824
Russia
• 1741: Vitus Bering had explored the
strait that now bears his name.
• 1799: Russian-American Company:
formed to exploit the resources of
Alaska.
• 1821: Russian czar claimed the Pacific
coast as far south as 51 degrees, which
in the American view lay within the
Oregon Country.
Additional Measures
• Navigation Act 1817: importation of
West Indian produce restricted to
American vessels or vessels belonging to
West Indian merchants (Britain wanted
to reserve the trade for herself)
• 1818: American ports closed to all
British vessels arriving from a colony
that was legally closed to vessels of the
U.S.
• 1820: Total non-intercourse with British
vessels and all British colonies in the
Americas
Florida
• Florida had been a refuge for Creek
Indians (Seminoles), runaway slaves, an
criminals
• Thorne in the side of the Americans
• Nominally controlled by the Spanish
• Rhea Letter (Tennessee representative
who wrote a cryptic letter to Andrew
Jackson that gave him implied consent
to attack Florida. 4 months: Florida
panhandle in U.S. hands
Adams-Onis Treaty
• Spain ceded all of Florida
• America assumed 5 million dollars in
debt of private American claims against
Spain
• West boundary of the Louisiana
Purchase would run along the Sabine
river and then up to the Red River, along
the Red, and up to the Arkansas River.
• Florida: 1845 became a state
Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
[“The Transcontinental Treaty”]
US Population Density
1810
1820
The Panic of 1819
CAUSES???
Panic of 1819
• Sudden collapse of cotton prices in the
English market
• Pressure of high prices forced British
textile mills to turn away from
American sources to cheaper East
Indian cotton
• Price collapse set off a decline in the
demand for other American goods
• Speculators and land settlers found
themselves stuck holding the bag
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823
p Referred to as
“America’s Self-Defense
Doctrine”
1. What foreign
policy
principles are
established?
2. What warning is given
to the European
countries?
Monroe
Doctrine
3. What would the
US do if the
warning was not
headed?
Monroe Doctrine
• 1. American continents are not subject for future
colonization by any European powers
• 2. The political system of European powers was
different from that of the United States, which
would “consider any attempt on their part to extend
their system to any portion of this hemisphere as
dangerous to our peace and safety.
• 3. The United States would not interfere with
existing European colonies
• 4. The United States would keep out of the internal
affairs of European nations and their wars.
• Cherished principles of American foreign policy
• Statement of intent by an American president to the