Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe introduced The Monroe Doctrine during his seventh annual address to Congress. In the doctrine ...

James Monroe was the last of the so-called Virginia Dynasty of presidents. Like James Madison, Monroe was secretary of state before becoming president. A spirit of vigorous nationalism known as the ...

Born: April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia... Monroe, a charming man admired for his honesty, presided over two decisions that presaged the rest of 19th century American history ...

In the past, the Monroe Doctrine has pushed the United States to meddle in hemispheric affairs to strangle Soviet and ...

A new book by historian William E. Leuchtenburg examines how the first six commanders in chief embodied the revolutionary spirit and set precedents that shaped their successors' tenures Sara ...