John Quincy Adams #3: Politician (1801-1808); Topics covered include: Massachusetts state senator, Boston attorney, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Louisiana Purchase, Embargo Act of 1807, Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory (Harvard), and Senate resignation

Key people: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Louisa Adams, and Charles Francis Adams

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John Quincy Adams #2: Minister (1791-1801); Topics covered include: Washington presidency, Practicing lawyer, Genet Affair, Minister to The Netherlands, marries Louisa Johnson, relationship with Louisa, John Adams presidency, Minister to Prussia, avoiding war with France, and recalled from Europe

Key people: John Adams, George Washington, Edmond Genet, Louisa (Johnson) Adams, and George Adams

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John Quincy Adams #1: Chip Off the Old Block (1767-1790); Topics covered include: Youth, Puritan work ethic, with parents, Puritan work ethic, Battle of Bunker Hill, trips to France (2), school in Europe, diplomatic assignment to Russia, Treaty of Paris, leisure time in Europe, attends Harvard, and passes the Bar

Key people: John Adams, Abigail Adams, Charles Adams, Thomas Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Francis Dana

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James Monroe #10: Retirement and Legacy (1824-1831); Topics covered include: Final Message to Congress, end of presidency, election of 1824, new home (Oak Hill), University of Virginia (Board of Visitors), American Colonization Society, Monrovia (Liberia), personal debts, petitions Congress for reimbursement of expenses as foreign minister, death of Elizabeth Monroe, death of James Monroe, and reflection and legacy

Key people: John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, and Elizabeth Monroe

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James Monroe #9: Doctrine (1819-1823); Topics covered include: Recognition of several newly independent republics in South America, acquisition of East and West Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty, and the Monroe Doctrine (policy, message, and long-term implications)

Key people: John Quincy Adams

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James Monroe #8: Tough Times, Too (1817-1825); Topics covered include: Era of Good Feelings, Panic of 1819, protective tariffs, Bank of the United States, slavery expansion into Louisiana Territory, Missouri Compromise, strict constructionist, and evolving views on federally-funded internal improvements

Key people: John Tallmadge, Jesse Thomas, Henry Clay, and Thomas Jefferson

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James Monroe #7: Dealing with Jackson (1817-1831); Topics covered include: Presidency of James Monroe, Seminole War, instructions to generals (Gaines and Jackson), capture of St. Marks and Pensacola, execution of British citizens, Monroe holds Jackson accountable for exceeding his authority, following correspondence, issue re-emerges in late 1820s, and Monroe counters Jackson with a public statement

Key people: Andrew Jackson, Edmund Gaines, William Crawford, John Calhoun, Alexander Arbuthnot, Robert Ambrister, John Quincy Adams, and John Rhea

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James Monroe #6: Era of Good Feelings (1817-1820); Topics covered include: Elected President of the United States, Virginia Dynasty, Cabinet, tour of New England, Era of Good Feelings, economy flourishing, reduced partisan political strife, improved foreign relations, family in the White House, wedding for daughter Maria (first WH wedding), and nearly unanimously re-elected

Key people: Rufus King, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford, John Calhoun, William Wirt, Benjamin Crowninshield, John Adams, Timothy Pickering, Elizabeth Monroe, Eliza Monroe, Maria Monroe, Samuel Gouverneur, and William Plumer

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James Monroe #5: Madison's Cabinet and War (1809-1817); Topics covered include: Presidency of James Madison (initially estranged with Monroe), Governor of Virginia, depredations by Britain and France, impressment (Britain), appointed Secretary of State, War of 1812, burning of York (by U.S.), burning of Washington, D.C. (by British), Acting Secretary of War, Treaty of Ghent, status quo ante bellum, and surge in American pride

Key people: James Madison, Robert Smith, William Eustis, John Armstrong, William Winder, Alexander Cochrane, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Albert Gallatin

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James Monroe #4: Foreign Deals (1799-1807); Topics covered include: Governor of Virginia, Envoy to France, Louisiana Purchase (including constitutional concerns), attempt to acquire Florida, Minister to Great Britain, impressment, Monroe-Pinkney Treaty, birth of daughter (Maria), death of uncle (Joseph Jones), James Madison elected President

Key people: Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon, Robert Livingston, James Madison, King Carlos, William Pinkney, Maria Monroe, and Joseph Jones

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