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following year he was elected as one of Virginia's representatives to the [[Articles of Confederation|Confederation Congress]] in New York, where he served from 1783 to 1786. Although a staunch defender of states' rights, Monroe proposed and supported a measure to give the Congress the right to control interstate commerce.  

following year he was elected as one of Virginia's representatives to the [[Articles of Confederation|Confederation Congress]] in New York, where he served from 1783 to 1786. Although a staunch defender of states' rights, Monroe proposed and supported a measure to give the Congress the right to control interstate commerce.  

Returning to Virginia, he married Eliza Kortright, of Dutch stock, by whom he had two daughters, plus a son who died in infancy. He attended the Annapolis Convention in 1786 but was not selected as a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]] of 1787. He worried that the proposed Constitution would be dangerous to the sovereignty of Virginia, and joined the "anti-Federalist" opposition. Like most opponents he wanted a [[Bill of Rights]], and once that was promised he supported the new government.  In 1788 he ran against [[James Madison]] for the new national Congress, but was overwhelmingly defeated. In 1791 Monroe was chosen by the legislature to fill an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate. There he joined the Jeffersonian faction, later to become the [[Democratic-Republican Party]], which opposed the [[Federalist Party]] and the policies of Tresury Secretary [[Alexander Hamilton]]

Returning to Virginia, he married Eliza Kortright, of Dutch stock, by whom he had two daughters, plus a son who died in infancy. He attended the Annapolis Convention in 1786 but was not selected as a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]] of 1787. He worried that the proposed Constitution would be dangerous to the sovereignty of Virginia, and joined the "anti-Federalist" opposition. Like most opponents he wanted a [[Bill of Rights]], and once that was promised he supported the new government.  In 1788 he ran against [[James Madison]] for the new national Congress, but was overwhelmingly defeated. In 1791 Monroe was chosen by the legislature to fill an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate. There he joined the Jeffersonian faction, later to become the Republicans, which opposed the [[Federalist Party]] and the policies of Treasury Secretary [[Alexander Hamilton]]

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==Diplomacy==

==Diplomacy==