(1815–25) Period of U.S. national unity and complacency.
A Boston newspaper coined the term in 1817 to describe a nation free from the influence of European political and military events. The good feelings were stimulated by two events of 1816, during James Monroe (1817–25) was marked by the dominance of the Democratic-Republican Party and the decline of the {{link=Federalist Party">Federalist Party .