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    George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States in 1789. As the first President, Washington established many precedents for the office, including requesting to be called "Mr. President" instead of titles like "His Excellency", setting up the first Cabinet, and retiring after two terms, setting the two-term precedent. During his presidency, Washington faced challenges like a large national debt, a whiskey tax rebellion in Pennsylvania, and maintaining neutrality during the French Revolution to avoid conflict with European powers.

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    George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States in 1789. As the first President, Washington established many precedents for the office, including requesting to be called "Mr. President" instead of titles like "His Excellency", setting up the first Cabinet, and retiring after two terms, setting the two-term precedent. During his presidency, Washington faced challenges like a large national debt, a whiskey tax rebellion in Pennsylvania, and maintaining neutrality during the French Revolution to avoid conflict with European powers.

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    GEORGE WASHINGTON

    Decisions of the 1st President

    ACTIVATOR

    12

    Title: Washingtons Presidency

    Take a handout from the purple bin at


    the front and complete it.
    **I will be checking your vocabulary Illustrations and
    Leader in My Life journals!

    OBJECTIVE/AGENDA
    TODAY I will be able to
    Compare and contrast multiple perspectives on George
    Washington by completing a comparison Chart & graphic
    organizer in writing with at least 4 pieces of evidence.
    HOW TODAY WILL WORK:
    Overview of Washingtons Presidency
    A Video on Washington
    Article on Washington
    Wrapping up by Comparing and Contrasting

    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    After-School Hours: Friday until 3:00pm!
    Come for Detention make-ups, speech make-ups,
    etc.

    13
    FIRST STEPS

    Washington was UNANIMOUSLY elected president and


    INAUGURATED in 1789
    Established many PRECEDENTS for how our President should
    look and act

    PRESIDENT PRECEDENTS

    Requested to be called MR. PRESIDENT as opposed to


    His EXCELLENCY or Protector of our LIBERTIES
    Set up a CABINET of advisers who were in charge of
    different DEPARTMENTS to make the country run.

    MONEY PROBLEMS

    By 1789, The United States owed over $52 MILLION in debts


    to France and Spain. They needed more REVENUE to pay it
    back.
    Washington decided to raise TAXES on WHISKEY, but this
    led to another REBELLION in Pennsylvania.

    CAUSES

    Whiskey Tax 1795

    The Whiskey
    Rebellion in
    Pennsylvania

    THE WHISKEY REBELLION 1795

    NEUTRALITY WITH FRANCE

    INSPIRED by the Americans


    declaring their Independence,
    FRANCE is now having their own
    REVOLUTION against their King.
    In 1792 France wants Americas help
    as PAYBACK for how they helped in
    1776. But this would make the rest
    of EUROPE mad at the United
    States and not TRADE with them.
    Washington decides to stay
    NEUTRAL, setting a PRECEDENT
    for Americas FOREIGN POLICY.

    WASHINGTON RETIRES

    Washington was unanimously


    elected to a SECOND TERM.
    Americans wanted to keep him as
    President.
    But Washington RETIRED after
    only two terms, setting a
    PRECEDENT for future
    presidents.

    COMPARING
    PERSPECTIVES
    For each source we consider (VIDEO & ARTICLE), We want to figure
    out what the author believes makes Washington a GOOD or BAD
    leader.
    Take notes as you watch/listen on reasons why you think the author
    believes Washington was a good or a bad leader.

    WRAP-UP COMPARISON
    UNDER the chart we just completed, write your wrap-up comparison:
    COMPARE & CONTRAST the two sources we just looked at/listened to
    for their reasons why they think Washington was a good or bad leader.
    Stuck? Think about it this way.
    Both sources agreed that Washington was ________ because
    But the two sources disagreed

    **These source can and should both agree and disagree on this issue!

    HOMEWORK - HONORS
    ISNpg#11
    Title: Challenges to a New Government
    Tape the slip to the top of this page.
    Completion of this page will be DUE on Monday.
    You will need your textbook!

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