What are the names of our first four Presidents?1.__________________2.__________________3.__________________4.__________________

1. George Washington had no idea of what a President was suppose to do but he accepted the position anyway.

Washington had to pick a Cabinet.

Jefferson-Secretary of State

Hamilton-Secretary of Treasury

Knox-Secretary of War

Randolph-Attorney General

Alexander Hamilton would set up a national bank that would help America become self-sufficient.

Who is on the1 dollar bill? __________________5 dollar bill? __________________10 dollar bill? _________________20 dollar bill? _________________50 dollar bill? _________________100 dollar bill? ________________

Name as many Presidents as you can in 3 minutes.

Washington will decide that America will stay neutral, in other words, not help either side.

Washington retires and John Adams will beat Thomas Jefferson for President. Jefferson becomes Vice President.

Jefferson will defeat Adams four years later to become our 3rd President.

He is a lawyer and architect.

Great Britain, Spain, Russia and France (again) controlled the rest of North America.

President Jefferson was mad because he wanted to buy New Orleans from the Spanish, but instead he had to buy the area from Napoleon.

Napoleon needed money to pay for its war against the British.

Sold the Louisiana Purchases for $15 million dollars, or 3 cents per acre.

The United States doubled in size.

Jefferson will send an expedition led by Lewis and Clark.

Tecumseh believed that white Americans were trying to control all Native American lands.

Many Americans believed that the British were trying to get the natives to stop American progress from moving west.

Tecumseh wanted the Native Americans to unite so they could stop the Americans from expanding.

The Indians were defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe.

The Native Americans were welcomed by the British in Canada causing hard feelings between the Americans and British.

Impressment of U.S. citizens

Interference with American shipping.

British support of Native Americans

Some Americans wanted to take control of Canada.

The Americans were not powerful enough to kick the British out of Canada.

The British navy bombarded Fort McHenry heavily for hours and hours and into the night.

Even after the bombing the flag was still flying high the next morning.

Francis Scott Key, an American lawyer who was detained on a British ship wrote a poem that is today’s National Anthem.

Increased American patriotism.

Weakened Native American resistance.

U.S. manufacturing.

But no clear cut winner.