James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the son of Spence and Elizabeth Monroe. He attended the College of William and Mary at the young age of 16. After two years of college, in 1776 he left and joined the Third Virginia Regiment as a lieutenant. He was involved in some of the battled of the American Revolution. In 1778, George Washington sent Monroe to become a commissioned lieutenant colonel of a regiment in Virginia. There, he met a man that would change his life; his name was Thomas Jefferson. They developed a bond together that lasted 46 years, until Jefferson's death in 1826. Jefferson helped Monroe advance his political career.
             Monroe was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates at the age of 24 in 1782 until 1825. He left the White House at the age of 66. Monroe was a member of the Congress of the Confederation before the United Sates adopted the Federal Constitution. He opposed the adoption of the Constitution mainly because he felt it gave too much power to the federal government. He was also a United States senator in the Federalist Party. He was a governor in Virginia for four times and he was minister to countries France, Spain and Great Britain. He also accomplished to become the secretary of state and secretary of war.
             From 1817-1825 James Monroe became the 5th president of the United States. To win the election, Monroe received 84 percent of the electoral vote's cast and carried 16 out of 19 states of the Union. Then again in 1820, he ran for his second-term for presidency with an even more outstanding 231 votes out of 232. Only one person did not vote for him. He would have received all the votes, but one elector felt that only George Washington would have the historic honor of all the votes.
             One of the most recognized events during Monroe's presidency was the proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine. In 1822 parts of European monarchies wanted ...