A history of Virginia for boys and girls . hree Virginianswho preceded him, he was President for twoterms. Like Washington, he was a native ofWestmoreland County. 196 A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA At the beginning of the Revolutionary WarMonroe was a student at Wilham and MaryCollege. Soon he left his books to be a 1776 he traveled nearly to New York to join a Virginia that time he wasonly eighteen. Heserved valiantly in a*number of battlesbut was not givenmuch the war he wasa member of the Vir-ginia legislature andof the ContinentalCongress. During the eightye
A history of Virginia for boys and girls . hree Virginianswho preceded him, he was President for twoterms. Like Washington, he was a native ofWestmoreland County. 196 A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA At the beginning of the Revolutionary WarMonroe was a student at Wilham and MaryCollege. Soon he left his books to be a 1776 he traveled nearly to New York to join a Virginia that time he wasonly eighteen. Heserved valiantly in a*number of battlesbut was not givenmuch the war he wasa member of the Vir-ginia legislature andof the ContinentalCongress. During the eightyears (1817-1825)that Monroe wasPresident many nota-ble incidents markedour national history. Illinois and several otherstates were admitted to the Union. The Floridaterritory was purchased from Spain. The famousMissouri Compromise, of which you will learnmore later, was drawn up in Congress. ^The ErieCanal was opened between the Great Lakes and theHudson River. But the most famous thing that isassociated with the name and time of Monroe is. JAMES MONROE, FIFTH PRESIDENT OFTHE UNITED STATES FOUR VIRGINIA PRESIDENTS 197 the Monroe Doctrine. This, at the time it wasissued in 1823, was a sort of second Declarationof Independence for the United States. It was astatement to the effect that the United Stateswould maintain its own independence and wouldalso help other countries in America to maintaintheirs. It has proved to be one of the mostimportant statements ever made by any of ourPresidents. Mr. Monroe spent much of his later life in Vir-ginia, and his tomb may be seen at Richmond,in the beautiful Hollywood Cemetery. For each of these four President sons Virginianamed a county. Washington County and Madi-son County are still in the mother state. JeffersonCounty and Monroe County are now in thedaughter state of West Virginia. FACTS TO REMEMBER 1. Four early Presidents of the United States, Washing-ton, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, were sons of Virginia. 2. For each of these men V
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