“Monroe's presidency made poor men rich, turned political allies into friends, and united a divided people as no president had done since… — Harlow Giles Unger America 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… — Harlow Giles Unger Humor 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… — Harlow Giles Unger Supported Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Elected fifth president of the United States, Monroe transformed a fragile little nation - "a savage wilderness," as Edmund Burke put it… — Harlow Giles Unger George w Copy Share Image
“history informs us that the passage of dethroned monarchs is short from prison to the grave.”18” — Harlow Giles Unger History 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“By March 1766, colonist boycotts had proved so costly to British merchants that Parliament repealed the stamp tax without having collected a… — Harlow Giles Unger Colonist Boycotts Copy Share Image
