Monroe, James

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• Monroe,James — Monroe, James. 1758 1831. The fifth President of the United States (1817 1825), whose administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819), the Missouri Compromise (1820), in which Missouri was declared a slave state, and the profession …   Universalium

• Monroe, James — ► (1758 1831) Político estadounidense. Diputado, senador y gobernador de Virginia. Realizó las negociaciones para la compra a Francia de Luisiana por E.U.A. (1803). Adquirió Florida (1816), perteneciente a España, y durante su mandato comenzó la… …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Monroe, James — born April 28, 1758, Westmoreland county, Va. died July 4, 1831, New York, N.Y., U.S. Fifth president of the U.S. (1817–25). After serving in the American Revolution, he studied law under Thomas Jefferson, then governor of Virginia. From 1783 to… …   Universalium

• Monroe, James — (1758–1831)    The American statesman James Monroe was U.S. secretary of state (1811–1817), secretary of war (1814–1815), and fifth president of the United States (1817–1825). In his early years as a politician, Monroe joined the anti Federalists …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• MONROE, JAMES —    American President, born in Virginia, of Scottish descent; left college to join Washington s army; was wounded in the war, and studying law, entered Congress in 1783; he assisted in framing the Constitution, and sat in the Senate 1790 1794;… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Monroe, James — (1758 1831)    Fifth president of the United States.    Index: Bk United States representative in England, presents claims on account of Chesapeake matter, 84; United States secretary of state, purchases the John Henry letters, 187.    Bib.: Cyc …   The makers of Canada

• James Monroe — (gemalt von William James Hubbard, ca. 1832) James Monroe (* 28. April 1758 im Westmoreland County, Virginia, Kolonie des …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• James Monroe — Presidente de los Estados Unidos …   Wikipedia Español

• Monroe Doktrin — James Monroe. Als Monroe Doktrin (engl. Monroe doctrine) wird derjenige Teil der Rede zur Lage der Nation vom 2. Dezember 1823 bezeichnet, in der US Präsident James Monroe vor dem Kongress die Grundzüge einer langfristigen Außenpol …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Monroe (surname) — Monroe is a surname of Scottish origin. People named Munroe include: Alan H. Monroe, professor, creator of Monroe s motivated sequence Bill Monroe, musician Burt Monroe, American ornithologist Craig Monroe, MLB baseball player Earl Monroe,… …   Wikipedia