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BuyDehydratedWater.com - The freshest, purest dehydrated water on Earth. - 1 views

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    BuyDehydratedWater.com is the original purveyor of premium dehydrated water capsules and consumables. Together, with our network or global partners, we are helping people around the world enjoy a better quality of life while also saving money.
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HISTORY OF ROBOTS IN THE VICTORIAN ERA - 0 views

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    Read illustrated accounts of the world's first robot, the Steam Man, created in 1868! Subsequent automatons such as the Electric Man and the Automatic Man are also profiled. The most comprehensive section, with more than 20 pages, concerns the mechanical man known as Boilerplate--described as "deliciously detailed" by The New York Times, "charming" by U.S.
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Dog Island Free Forever - 9 views

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    Dog Island -- Free your dog!! Send your dog to dog island
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James Monroe Quotes at BrainyQuote - 0 views

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    Enjoy the best James Monroe Quotes at BrainyQuote. Quotations by James Monroe, American President, Born April 28, 1758. Share with your friends.
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Missouri Compromise - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com - 5 views

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    The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free.
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Missouri Compromise - 6 views

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Monroe Doctrine (1823) - 6 views

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    The Monroe Doctrine was articulated in President James Monroe's seventh annual message to Congress on December 2, 1823. The European powers, according to Monroe, were obligated to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States' sphere of interest.
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Monroe Doctrine, 1823 - 1801-1829 - Milestones - Office of the Historian - 6 views

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    In his December 2, 1823, address to Congress, President James Monroe articulated United States' policy on the new political order developing in the rest of the Americas and the role of Europe in the Western Hemisphere. President James Monroe The statement, known as the Monroe Doctrine, was little noted by the Great Powers of Europe, but eventually became a longstanding tenet of U.S.
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The Monroe Doctrine - 4 views

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    1) The United States would not get involved in European affairs. 2) The United States would not interfere with existing European colonies in the Western Hemisphere. 3) No other nation could form a new colony in the Western Hemisphere.
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The Monroe Doctrine - 6 views

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    In October 1823, President Monroe was concerned about Spain reclaiming sovereignty in the Western Hemisphere. He asked former presidents Jefferson and Madison for advice. They told Monroe to join forces with Britain. However, Monroe's secretary of state, John Quincy Adams (who would later succeed Monroe as president), had another idea.
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Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase [ushistory.org] - 5 views

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    One of the first colored illustrations to be put into print, John H.B. Latrobe's The Balise. Mississippi River captures the haunting image of a navigation station under a full moon at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Jefferson's plans for the nation depended upon western expansion and access to international markets for American farm products.
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Louisiana Purchase, 1803 - 1801-1829 - Milestones - Office of the Historian - 7 views

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    The Louisiana Purchase refers to the 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1803 for US $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase As the United States spread across the Appalachians, the Mississippi River became increasingly important as a conduit for the produce of America's West (which at that time refered to the land between the Appalachians and the Mississippi).
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Research | American Political History | Eagleton Institute of Politics - 1 views

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    James Monroe 1758-1831 Image Source: The White House The "Era of Good Feeling", a phrase first used in the Boston Columbian Centinel newspaper on July 12, 1817 following the good-will visit to Boston of the new President James Monroe, is generally applied to describe the national mood of the United States from about 1815 to 1825.
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Garden of Praise: James Monroe Biography - 2 views

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    James Monroe had a great influence on the history of America, even though he was not a brilliant person. He was somewhat shy and was not even a very good public speaker. But he helped the country to grow and become strong as a young nation.
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