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__**George Washington, First President of the United States**__

= George Washington =

= = = Native American Domestic Policy leaders signed the treaty of Greenville. The treaty of Greenville gave the United States the ability to claim most Indian lands in the territory. The treaty also guaranteed the safety of citizens there. In what became known as the whiskey rebellion, farmers lashed out against the tax on whiskey. Protestors refused to pay the taxes. =
 * __Domestic policy__**

= He wrote he was tired of public life and devoutly wished for retirement. He also wanted to remind the Americans’ that they were the country’s true leaders. He emphasized his warnings against the dangers of political parties. =

= He also points out the need for education. He tells them to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. =


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 * This is our president, George Washington, the first american president ||

__**biography**__ Early years of George Washington
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- First child of Augustine Washington - Admired his favorite person half-brother Lawrence - Born on February 11 1732 - Was a farm boy - Loved measuring things - Homeschooled at home by mom

Teenage years - Half-brother Lawrence died - paid to surveying land - When his half-brother died wanted to become a war solider

Early Adult years - Began to read scientific books about war - Began to read books about farming - Went to war with the Virginia Malachi - married to married Martha Dandridge Custis

War leader - Continental congress quickly took advantage of his military - Quickly trained our American army in three months to war against great Britain - Began using different tactics of war - Fought in a total of 2 wars

President Washington - He ran the government from New York City and then from Philadelphia Pennsylvania - Washington accepted Jay's treaty which settled the arguments between America and the British - Vice President John Adam

Retirement

- After Retirement spent time – Farming

Death - Died December 17, 1779


 * __Foregin policy__**
 * 1) __French revolution__ was rebellion of French people against their king in 1789. The French people of Paris attacked and captured the bastille. The French citizens had been inspired by the American Revolution. The revolutionaries beheaded king Louis XVI in January 1793 and queen Marie Antoinette later that year. A few year after revolution start the war between France and Great Britain.


 * 1) Because of the war between France and Great Britain American were question each about helping the France or not. April 1793 president Washington issue the __Neutrality Proclamation__. The __Neutrality Proclamation__ started that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war. Washington believed his plan was the safes for long run but not everyone agreed.


 * 1) In the late 1793 the British seized ship carrying food to the French west indies. British officer helping Native Americans fight settler. Washington wanted to prevent war with the British. He sent chief justice john jay to London to work out a compromise but the British didn’t want to fight another war in American. The __Jay’s treaty__ was made to settle the disputes. The __Jay’s Treaty__ sparks protest throughout the united states.


 * 1) American businesses faced problems as well. The Spanish disputed the border between the united states and Florida. Spain closed the port of New Orleans to U.S trade in 1784. Washington asked Ambassador Thomas Pinckney to meet with Spanish officials to discuss the problem. He Asked the Spanish to reopen new Orleans to U.S. trader. Spanish minister Manuel de Godoy tried to delay reaching an agreement, hoping Pinckney would became desperate and sign a treaty that favored the Spanish. He worried that the united states and the Great Britain might join against Spain after the signing jay’s treaty.in October 1795, Godoy agreed to __Pinckney’s treaty__, which settled the border and trade disputes with Spain. __Pinckney’s treaty__ settled that issue and reopen new Orleans to American ship.


 * Some of the new nation’s biggest problems were economic. The national and state governments had run up huge debts during the war. But the proposed solutions to these problems revealed differences in regional viewpoints. Southern planters and northern businesspeople had very different views of how the national economy should develop.**

Alexander Hamilton – loved economics, ran a shipping company as a teenager, came to the colonies for education, he married into a wealthy family from New York and began practicing law.

National debt – money owed by the United States

Bonds – certificates of debt that carry a promise to buy back the bonds at a higher price

Speculators – people who buy items at low prices in the hope that the value will rise

Total debt of the US – $76.11 million

Deal with the debt –

- take on the foreign and domestic debt by replacing creditors’ old, low value bonds with new, interest bearing bonds - take over most of the states’ $25 million revolutionary war debts

Gain revenue –

- pass a tariff to both bring in money and help American manufacturers


 * Alexander Hamilton developed a three point plan to solve the nation’s financial problems.**

Stabilize the banking system –

- create a national bank - create a national mint

National Debt – Alexander Hamilton was determined to help heal the new nation’s economy. During the war, the government raised money with bonds. But, the government could not afford to keep this promise. Bond holders who needed money sold their bonds for less than the original value to speculators. Hamilton wanted to pay the foreign debt immediately and gradually repay the total value of all bonds. He said “He paid what the commodity was worth…and took the risks.” Thomas Jefferson disagreed. He thought the idea cheated bondholders who had sold their bonds at low process. Jefferson said “Immense sums were thus filched from the poor and ignorant.” Still, more agreed with Hamilton.

States’ Debts – the states owed $25 million for Revolutionary War expenses. Hamilton wanted the government to pay for the majority of the debt. He believed this would help the government and the national economy. States would have money to start business and trade. The south didn’t want help the government pay back the debt. States like Virginia and North Carolina didn’t have many war debts.

Precedents –

Precedent – an action or decision that later serves as an example

Alexander Hamilton – secretary of the treasury

Thomas Jefferson – secretary of state

Henry Knox – secretary of war

Samuel Osgood – postmaster general

Hamilton – economic planner

Judiciary act of 1789 – created the federal court system and the courts’ location

Electoral College – a group of delegates, or electors, who represent the people’s vote in choosing the president

The number of electors is based on the states’ population

Term of presidency – only served 2 terms

United States’ Largest Cities –
 * __ Population : __**


 * Boston – ** 18,035


 * New York – ** 33,131


 * Philadelphia – ** 42,444


 * Baltimore – ** 13,503


 * Charleston – ** 16,359

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