Forging these United States
Thomas Jefferson's America
Marbury v Madison
1803 Supreme Court decision that established judicial review.
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Roger C Weightman, June 24, 1826
Thomas Jefferson’s last public letter from 1826
The 'Era of Good Feelings'
James Monroe, March 4, 1817 First Inaugural Address
James Monroe’s first inaugural address called for political harmony, internal improvements, and military spending.
John Quincy Adams, March 4, 1825 Inaugural Address
John Quincy Adams’ first and only inaugural address.
James Monroe, December 2, 1823 Seventh Annual Message (Monroe Doctrine)
President James Monroe’s declaration of America’s intention to prevent European intervention in the Western Hemisphere.
Jackson's Democracy
Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835)
French political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville's political and social commentary on the fledgling United States
The Slaveholding Republic
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