Era of Good Feelings

 Today, we need to discuss your SOAPSTones and continue with chapter 12.

Madison's War Message asked congress to declare war on Great Britain for four reasons:

1) Impressment of U.S. citizens by the British Navy

2) The cut off of trade from ports other than Great Britain (by blockade)

3) The arousal of the Native Americans against settlers in the west

4) The seizure of U.S. cargo

First Eleven Presidents

1) George Washington (1789-1796)

2) John Adams (1709-1800)

3) Thomas Jefferson (1801-1808)

4) James Madison (1809-1816)

5) James Monroe (1817-1824)

6) John Quincy Adams (1825-1828)

7) Andrew Jackson (1829 - 1836)

8) Martin Van Buren (1837 - 1840)

9) William Henry Harrison (1841)

10) John Tyler (1841-1844)

11) James K. Polk (1845 - 1848)