Party: Democratic-Republican
Fact One: This president put the United States in control of the western hemisphere by issuing a doctrine that stated the US would stay neutral in European wars as long as those countries did not recolonize or set up new colonies in the western hemisphere.
Fact Two: Officially recognized Mexico, Colombia, Chili, Peru, and Argentina as independent countries and sent ambassadors to them.
Fact Three: Reached an agreement with Spain to cede Florida to the United States for $5,000,000. Still unknown which side got the better deal.
Fact Four: This president was hesitant to order infrastructure improvements, which would help the country grow the economy because he was not sure it would be within the bounds of the Constitution.
Fact Five: Oversaw the first economic depression. The end of a major European war caused global markets to readjust. Public land speculators helped push the bank to release more paper money, which caused inflation. The national bank was slow to adjust, which caused unemployment that led to bankruptcies and foreclosures.
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“National honor is the national property of the highest value.”
“The American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.”
“What was the origin of our slave population? The evil commenced when we were in our Colonial state, but acts were passed by our Colonial Legislature, prohibiting the importation, of more slaves, into the Colony. These were rejected by the Crown. We declared our independence, and the prohibition of a further importation was among the first acts of state sovereignty. Virginia was the first state which instructed her delegates to declare the colonies independent. She braved all dangers. From Quebec to Boston, and from Boston to Savannah, Virginia shed the blood of her sons. No imputation then can be cast upon her in this matter. She did all that was in her power to do, to prevent the extension of slavery, and to mitigate its evils.”
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