• First President of the United States

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Washington • Served from April 30, 1789, to March 4, 1797

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 • Born in Virginia in 1732 to a wealthy plantation
owner
• Has six siblings:
• Lawrence Washington
Background • John Augustine Washington
• Betty Washington
Information • Charles Washington
• Samuel Washington
• Augustine Washington Jr.
• Father died when Washington was at a young age.

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 • Didn't receive any formal education, including
college
• Fought in multiple wars
Background • Was the first president of the United States
• Was a slave owner: owning over 500 slaves
Information • The only president that was elected unanimously
Continue two times for both of his term of being the
president.

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The First Lady
• George Washington's first lady is Martha
Dandridge Custis Washington, and it is
his only wife.
• Custis was born on June 2, 1731, in
Virginia
• Married George Washington
on January 6, 1759.
• Martha Custis has been married two
times. She first married Daniel Custis,
and then married George Washington.
• Martha was able to read and write,
unlike the other women at the at period
that doesn't know how to read and
write.

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Experiences: Land Surveyor
• Began his career in 1749
• Washington chose this career because he was exposed to school exercise that taught him
surveying and the measuring of land
• By 1952, Washington has surveyed overed 200 lands
• Also in 1952, Washinton made his first land purchase of 1459 acres of land from the
Bullskin Creeks.
• Washington brought lands because he know that it is a common source of wealth for
the rich

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Experience: Military Leader
• Was appointed as the military commander of the four military districts by his brother Lawrance Washington
• Joined the French and Indian War in 1754
• Washington gained his first military experience from the Battle of Fort Necessity, even though he lost the war, due
to Jumonville’s murder in captivity incited a strong French response, and Washington was unable to defend his makeshift
Fort Necessity from French forces led by Jumonville’s half-brother
• Joined many famous battles like the Braddock expedition/Battle of Monongahela in 1755 and the Battle of
Fort Duquesne in 1758
• Washington gained valuable military skills during these battles, acquiring tactical, strategic, and logistical military
experience. With these battles, his military reputation has grown to such that he became a natural selection as the
commander in chief of the Continental Army.
• Washington led the Continental Army in the American Revolution in 1765

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Election: First Term
• Date in office: April 30, 1789- 1792
• Opponents: John Adams, John Jay, Robert Harrison, John Rutledge, John Hancock, and George
Clinton.
• Total Popular vote: Close to 4 million Votes
• Electoral College: 69/69 votes

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Election: Second Term
• Date in Office: February 13,1793- March 4,1797
• Opponents: John Adams, George Clinton, Thomas Jefferson, And Aaron Burr
• Total Popular Vote: Close to 4 million Votes
• Electoral College: 132/132 votes

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Presidency:
Vice President
(John Adams)

• Born in Braintree, Massachusetts on October

30, 1735.
• Served as the Vice President of the United
States during Washington's Presidency.
• Went to Harvard University at the age of 16
• Married Abigail Smith on October 25, 1764.
• Drafted the Declaration of Independence
• Not a Slave owner, because he lived up
North
• Became the second President of the
United States after Washington's Presidency

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Presidency (1st Term):
Secretary of State

• Thomas Jefferson was one of the

first four Cabinet members that
George Washington assigned
• Born on April 13, 1743, in
Shadwell, Virginia.
• Served as the Secretary of State
from March 22, 1790, to December
31, 1793.
• Jefferson left the Cabinet due
to multiple disagreement with
the Secretary of Treasury, Alexander
Hamilton.

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Presidency (1st Term):
Secretary of Treasury

• Alexander Hamilton was one of

the first four Cabinet members that
George Washington assigned.
• Born on January 11, 1755, in
Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Served as the Secretary of
Treasury from September 11, 1789,
to January 31, 1795

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Presidency (1st Term):
Secretary of War

• Henry Knox was one of the

first four Cabinet member that
George Washington assigned
• Born on July 25, 1750, in Boston,
Massachusetts
• Served as the Secretary of
War from September 12, 1789, to
December 31, 1794

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Presidency (1st Term):
Attorney General

• Edmund Randolph was one of the

first four Cabinet member that
George Washinton assigned.
• Born on August 10, 1753, in
Williamsburg, United States
• Served as the Attorney
General from February 2, 1790,
to January 2, 1794

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 Presidency (2nd Term):
Secretary of State
• Edmund Randolph served as the Secretary
of State from January 2, 1794, to August 20,
1795. Previously served as the Attorney
General.

• Timothy Pickering:
• The third Secretary of State assigned
by George Washington.
• Born on July 17, 1745, in Salem,
Massachusetts.
• Served from August 20, 1795, to May 12,
1800.

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Presidency (2nd Term):
Secretary of Treasury

• Oliver Wolcott Jr. served as the

second Secretary of Treasury
assigned by George Washington.
• Born on January 11, 1760,
in Litchfield, Connecticut
• Served from February 2, 1795,
to December 31, 1800.

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Presidency (2nd Term):
Secretary of War
• Timothy Pickering Served as the second
Secretary of War under Washinton's
Presidency.
• Pickering Served from January 2, 1795, to
February 5, 1796
• James McHenry served as the third
secretary of war under
Washington's Presidency
• McHenry is born on December 20, 1785,
in Larne, United Kingdom
• Served from February 6, 1796, to May 31,
1800

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 Presidency (2nd Term):
Attorney General
• William Bradford served as the second
Attorney General from January 27, 1794, to
August 23, 1795, under Washington's
Presidency.
• Bradford is born on September 14, 1755,
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Charles Lee served as the third Attorney
General from December 10, 1795, to March
3, 1801, under Washington's Presidency.
• Lee is born on February 6, 1732,
in Darnhall, England
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 Presidency: Supreme Court
Appointments (1)
• 1. John Jay (Chief justice)
• Served from October 19, 1789, to June 19, 1795)
• 2. James William
• Served from September 26, 1789, to August 21, 1798
• 3. Williams Cushing
• Served from September 26, 1789, to September 13, 1810

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 Presidency: Supreme Court
Appointments (2)
• 4. John Rutledge
• Served from September 26, 1789, to March 4, 1791
• Promoted to chief Justice from June 30, 1795, to, December 28, 1795
• 5. John Blair, Jr.
• Served from September 30, 1789, to, October 20, 1795
• 6. James Iredell
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 Presidency: Supreme Court
Appointments (3)
• 7. Thomas Johnson
• Served from August 5, 1791, to January 16, 1793
• 2. William Paterson
• Served from March 4, 1793, to September 9, 1806
• 3. Samuel Chase
• Served from January 27, 1796, to June 19, 1811

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 Presidency: Supreme
Court Appointments (4)

• 9. Oliver Ellsworth (Chief Justice)

• Served from March 4, 1796, to
September 30, 1800

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 Major events: Wars
• Battle of Miami (1791)
• Battle of Fallen Timber (1794)
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Major Events: Supreme Court Decisions
(John Jay)
• Van Staphorst v. Maryland (1791)- The case was settled before an oral argument due to the threat of
having to undergo Supreme Court litigation, both parties finally settled the court case with each other.
• West v. Barnes (1791) - West lost the case due to this procedural issue and eventually was forced to
surrender his farm, and as a result of this case, Congress ultimately changed this procedure with the
ninth section of the Judicial Act of 1792 allowing circuit courts to issue these writs, thereby assisting
citizens living far away from the capital.
• Hayburn's case (1792)- This case was the first time the Supreme Court looked at the issue of
justifiability. Eventually, Congress reassigned the duties in question, and the Court did not have to give
judgment in this case

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Major events: Supreme Court Decisions
(John Jay)
• Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)- The Court ruled that states were subject to the authority of the
federal government, and the court was in favor of Chisholm. This case set the passage of the
Eleventh Amendment which was ratified in 1795.
• Georgia v. Brailsford (1794) - The Court ruled that the sequestration law did not transfer the debt
interest to the state.

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Major Events: Supreme Court Decisions
(John Rutledge)
• United States v. Peters (1795) - The Supreme Court ruled that federal district court has no
jurisdiction over a foreign privateer where the intended captured ship was not within the
jurisdiction of the court.
• Talbot v. Janson (1795) - The Supreme Court ruled that the Supreme Court of the United States
held that the jurisdiction of the court extended to the seas and that a citizen of the United States
could also hold the citizenship of another polity

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Major Events: Supreme Court Decisions
(Oliver Ellsworth)
• Hylton v. United States (1796) - The Supreme Court held that a yearly tax on transports did not
violate the Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 9, Clause 4 requirements for the
apportioning of direct taxes.

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Major Events: New
States

• Vermont- March 4, 1791

• Kentucky- June 1, 1792
• Tennessee- June 1, 1796

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Major Events: Passed Bills/Treaties
• The judiciary Act (1789)
• Nationality Act (1790)
• Copyright Act (1790)
• Residence Act (1790)
• Bill of Rights (1791)
• First Revenue Law (1791)
• Fugitive Act (1793)
• Jay Treaty (1794)
• 11th Amendment
• Treaty of San Lorenzo (1795)
• Treaty of Tripoli (1796)
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Major Events: Citizen
Genet

• Citizen Genet, also known as Edmond Charles Genet

• Born on January 8, 1763, in Versailles, France
• Served as France's foreign minster
• Came to America from 1793-1794, to win American
support for the French Revolution

• Genet's activities entangled France and the United

States in a diplomatic crisis
• United States government’s attempts to remain
neutral in the conflict between Great Britain
and Revolutionary France, but Genet wants the
United States to help France.
• Genet has forced the United States to create its first
set of procedures governing international neutrality.

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Accomplishments

• Became the first president of the

United State (1789-1793)
• Organized the first Cabinet of the
United States
• Created Judiciary Branch
• Won the American Revolution
• Created the first National Bank
• Reelected for Second Term (1793-
1797)
• Farewell Address (1796)

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After Presidency
• Went back to Mount Vernon
• Continue working in his farm
• Entertained local friends and neighbors
• Joined the Quasi War
• Drafted a new will that left most of his estate to his wife and set all the slaves he owned free

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 • Died between ten and eleven at night on December
14, 1799
• Died due to a throat infection that was caused by a
Death cold
• Buried at Mount Vernon
• Later in the 1800s, people build the Washington
Monument to honor George Washington.

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 • Washington has planted Tobacoo for more than 40 years
• Washington was the only president that was elected unanimously
• Washington never went to college
• Washington never had any biological children.

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