Napoleon was defeated due to the Haitian revolution and the end of the war between the French and the British, this allowed the United States to breathe because the constant was over. The era of good feelings brought sighs of relief and tranquility to the United States during the era when the United States began to form strong nationalism and began to have objects of attachment such as the flag and new nationalism in the making. During this time James Monroe began his presidency and during this time the pan-Indian idea also ended, allowing more Americans to move and colonize more lands; shortly after the Era of Good Feeling the rise of the middle class began. Although this period was called the Era of Good Feelings, there was a lot of tension between the North and the South because of the “. . . The serious crisis linked to slavery in America was averted by the passage of the Missouri