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Significant Acts
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Ordered the suppression of Seminole uprisings in Florida in 1817.
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Purchased Florida from Spain for the settlement of $5 million in Spanish debt.
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Signed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which set limits on the expansion of slavery into newly-acquired territories.
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Adopted the policy of setting aside land for Native Americans in the Great Plains.
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Signed a treaty with Russia establishing a boundary to Russian territory in North America.
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Proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine, opposing European intervention in the affairs of nations in the Western Hemisphere.
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Career
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1775-1780 Served in the Continental Army.
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1782 Served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
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1783-1786 Served as a delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress.
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1790-1794 Served as a Virginia senator in the U.S. Senate.
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1794-1796 Represented the American ministry to France.
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1799-1803 Served as governor of Virginia.
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1803-1807 Headed diplomatic missions to England and Spain.
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1811-1817 Served as secretary of state under James Madison.
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1817-1825 President of the United States.
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Did You Know
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Monroe was the first president to ride in a steamboat.
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Monroe's inauguration was the first held outdoors—because of a dispute over seating in Congress.
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Monroe ran virtually unopposed for a second term as president, capturing all electoral votes except one.
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Partisan politics were largely set aside during Monroe's presidency, which became known as the 'era of good feelings.'
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