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James Monroe: A Brief Biography

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James Monroe was born in April 28,1758 in Monroe Hall, Virginia,VA. Then died in July 4,1831,New York City,Ny. James Monroe Had a hard childhood, he had very bad luck. His parents were Spence Monroe and Elizabeth Jones Monroe who were both farmers and carpenter. His family immigrated from Scotland in the mid-1600s. In 1774, at age 16, James Monroe entered the college of William and Mary in Williamsburg,in Virginia. He stopped going to college in 1776, to join the Continental Army to fight for independence from Great Britain in the American Revolutionary war in (1775-33). While he was in the Army, Monroe became acquainted with Thomas Jefferson, that became the governor of Virginia. In 1780, James Monroe began to study law under Jefferson, who
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