Era of Good Feelings

three years from 18 16 to 18.

24 are called the era of Good feelings for many

reasons. So first things first, the War of 18 12

is finally over.

With the signing of this treaty of get and after

the signing of treating again, you're going to see that

Andrew Jackson is gonna have this huge victory at the

Battle of New Orleans that's going to give the United

States this new feeling of nationalism, patriotism and pride in

their country.

And this is gonna be the feeling in the air

throughout this time period that is called the era of

good feelings.

So during this time, you're going to see a lot

of people wanting the United States to be independent and

self sufficient so they don't need the help of the

other these other nations, such as Britain, to succeed and

be economically successful on the world stage.

You're also going to see that because of the Hartford

Convention that the Federalist Party is gonna dwindle away and

a lot of the political power is going to be

in this one powerful political party.

That's the Democratic Republicans, and they're gonna make a lot

of huge decisions during this time period that we're gonna

make the United States change on the world stage and

make them more independent.

And this feeling of nationalism is really gonna be a

high point during these years.

But it's important to realize also when looking at this

time and we'll go over this more that not everything

was so peachy and perfect during this time.

Because there's gonna be these issues of slavery, and this

is going to separate the North and the South a

lot and cause a lot of issues.

That will be a problem later on.

So, yes, this is the era of good feeling.

Yes, James Monroe and his presidency bring a lot of

positive change, but there are ups and downs, just like

there is with every period of time in US history.

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