“Elected fifth president of the United States, Monroe transformed a fragile little nation - "a savage wilderness," as Edmund Burke put it - into "a glorious empire." Although George Washington had won the nation's independence, he bequeathed a relatively small… — Harlow Giles Unger Copy Share Image
“Monroe's presidency made poor men rich, turned political allies into friends, and united a divided people as no president had done since Washington.” — Harlow Giles Unger Copy Share Image
“Lafayette was a splendid man...with a marvelous, self-depreciating sense of humor. He was, for example, balding noticeably when he reached an Indian outpost...and he… — Harlow Giles Unger Copy Share Image
“He supported Jefferson’s proposed Land Ordinance of 1784,22 ceding Virginia’s western territory to Congress for division into fourteen future states in which “there shall… — Harlow Giles Unger Copy Share Image
“Elected fifth president of the United States, Monroe transformed a fragile little nation - "a savage wilderness," as Edmund Burke put it - into… — Harlow Giles Unger Copy Share Image
“history informs us that the passage of dethroned monarchs is short from prison to the grave.”18” — Harlow Giles Unger Copy Share Image
“By March 1766, colonist boycotts had proved so costly to British merchants that Parliament repealed the stamp tax without having collected a single penny.” — Harlow Giles Unger Copy Share Image
