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GEORGE WASHINGTON
1S T PR E S I D
E N T OF T
H E UN I T
E D STAT E S
WARM-UP: THURSDAYAnswer the first question in 5 sentences.1.What kind of character and qualities
does one need to become a leader?
Answer the second question in 3 sentences.
2. Who do you know that is a leader and why?
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S PRESIDENCY
1789 - 1797 NOTES
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Accomplishments: • Led the Continental Army during the
American Revolution• Led the Constitutional Convention• Served as 1st President of the United
States• Established the role of President
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notes
CHARACTER TRAITS OF GEORGE WASHINGTONHonestCourageous InspiringThoughtful
3 THINGS TH
AT HAPPE
NED
WHILE GEO
RGE
WASHINGTON WAS
PRESIDEN
T • The Whiskey Rebellion (pg. 263)
• Setting up the Federal Court System (pg. 259)
• Precedence set by Washington
WARM-UP: FRIDAY
Write 8 sentences describing the Whiskey Rebellion.
Include the reason.Include what happened.
Include outcome.
JUDICIARY ACT OF 1789 – PG. 259
Set up the nation’s court system
1st step towards the judicial branch being strong
CREATE A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER DESCRIBING THE JUDICIARY ACT OF
1789Judiciary Act
of 1789
NEUTRAL -
Not choosing sides NOTES
FOREIGNNot at home
DOMESTIC
at homeNOTES
Read – pg.264-265Problems with Europe
Washington Proclaims Neutrality Read to find: Washington’s view of foreign
relationships
WASHINGTON'S FOREIGN POLICY• Avoid foreign alliances• Stay neutral
• Why would Washington feel this way?
NOTES
PRECEDENCE -
A tradition NOTES
PRECEDENCE'S SET BY GEORGE WASHINGTON1.4 year terms for the
President- total of 2 terms2.Set up the 1st Presidential
Cabinet3.Set up Federal Courts4.The government can use
force when necessary
WHAT DOES THIS DESCRIBE?
• Washington called for America "to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world."
ALLIANCE -
A pact or friendship This: Not this:
NOTES
DISSENTION - Conflict
THIS: NOT THIS:
NOTES
PERPETRATED -
To carry out an act NOTES
DESPOTISM -
a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power : absolutism
NOTES
FACTION -
POLITICAL GROUP NOTES
CHARACTERISTICS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON’S PRESIDENCY
• The Whiskey Rebellion• The Judiciary Act of 1789• Precedence of the
President
NOTES
WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS
• Page 266
I CAN DESCRIBE WASHINGTON'S VIEWS ON POLITICAL PARTIES DESCRIBED IN
HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS"The alternate domination of one
faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissention, which in different ages & countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.”
George Washington
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S VIEW ON POLITICAL PARTIES
• Avoid them!!! • They lead to unlimited
government!!• They lead to dissention!!
NOTES
PRACTICE QUESTION:
Political parties developed because there was an agreement over the War of 1812.
PRACTICE QUESTION:
Political parties developed because of a disagreement over the role of the strength of the federal government.
PRACTICE QUESTION:
Washington believed that the United States should attempt to expand her territory over seas by any means necessary.
PRACTICE QUESTION:
A.The United States should help other nations.
B.The United States should conquer any nation weaker than them.
C.The United States sought new trade relationships with Asian countries.
D.The United States should remain neutral with foreign countries.
How did George Washington view foreign interaction?
WHAT PERSONALITY TRAIT IS DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING QUOTE? INSPIRATIONAL, HONEST & PRACTICAL, BELIEVES IN EQUALITY
“I wish from my soul that the legislature of the State could see a policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery.”
George Washington
WHAT PERSONALITY TRAIT IS DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING QUOTE? INSPIRATIONAL, HONEST & PRACTICAL, BELIEVES IN EQUALITY
“I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but veneration and love.”
George Washington
MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION:• How did George Washington feel
about political parties?• What is a precedence?• How does George Washington
feel about alliances with foreign nations?
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