U.S. Presidents

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  • George Washington: Judiciary Act

    As following the Judiciary act, John Jay was elected along with 5 associates, James, William, John, John Rutledge and James Iredell by Washington.
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    George Washington

    1.birthplace:Westmoreland County, Virginia
    2.education:Has no formal education beyond elementary school
    3.Military service: was a commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
    4.He held no previous offices
    5.Was married to Martha Washington, no biological children
    6.George had led the continental army to victory against the British, presided over the constitutional convention and unanimously elected as first U.S President

  • George Washington: Copy rights Law

    law created to control ownership, use and distribution of creative and expressed work.

  • George Washington: The Bank of Washington:

    George established his first national bank of Washington in Washington DC which lead to bank failure and acquired the Riggs bank.

  • George Washington: President Cabinet

    George developed the Cabinet system by asking the heads of 3 executive departments to discuss reports on their departments work.

  • George Washington 2: Fugitive Slave Act

    required that slaves to be returned to their owners even if they belong in a free state.

  • George Washington: Whiskey Rebellion

    Farmers from Western Pennsylvania rose up in protest of what they saw as unfair taxation and provided the new nation.

  • George Washington 2: Slave Trade Act

    This act prohibited exporting slaves from the US to any foreign place or country

  • George Washington 2: Naval Act

    This act introduced the US Navy (6frigates, 4 of 44 guns, & 2 of 36 guns to be built or purchased.)

  • George Washington 2: Naturalization Act of 1795

    Established rules to be followed granting national citizenship

  • George Washington 2: Tennessee

    Washington signed a bill giving Tennessee immediate statehood resulted in the16th to join the U.S.
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    John Adams

    1.Birthplace: Quincy, Massachusetts
    2.Education: Harvard College
    3.Military Service: None
    4.Previous Offices: Vice Presidents under George Washington
    5.Family: Married to Abigail Adams, five children
    6.Played a key role in drafting the declaration of Independence, served as a diplomat in Europe
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    Thomas Jefferson

    1.Birthplace:Shadwell, Virginia
    2.Education: College of William and Mary
    3.Military Service: None
    4.Previous Offices: Vice President under John Adams, Governor of Virginia, Minister to France
    5.Family: Married twice, first to Martha Jefferson and then Dolley Madison and had six children
    6.Principal author of the declaration of Independence, doubled the size of the US with the Louisiana Purchase founder of the University of Virginia
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    James Madison

    1.Birthplace: Port Conway, Virginia
    2.Education: College of New Jersey
    3.Military Service: None
    4.Previous Offices: Secretary of State under Thomas Jefferson
    5.Family: Married to Dolley Madison, no children of his own
    6. Father of the Constitution author of the Bill of Rights, and led the nation during the war of 1812
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    James Monroe

    1.Birthplace:Westmoreland County, Virginia
    2.Education: College of William and Mary
    3.Military Service: Revolutionary War Service
    4.Previous Offices: Secretary of State, Secretary of War , Governor of Virginia
    5.Family: Married to Elizabeth Monroe, three children
    6.Issued the Monroe Doctrine, acquired Florida from Spain, oversaw the Era of good Feelings
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    John Quincy Adams

    1.Birthplace: Braintree, Massachusetts(Quincy)
    2.Education: Harvard University
    3.Military service: None
    4.Previous Offices: secretary of state under James Monroe, Minister to Russia, Minister to the Netherlands, U.S Senator
    5.Family: Married to Louisa Adams, four children
    6.Negotiated treaty of Ghent which ended war of 1812
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    Andrew Jackson

    1.Birthplace: Waxhaws region, South Carolina
    2.Education: Little formal education
    3.Military Service: Revolutionary War, War of 1812
    4.Previous Offices: U.S Representative, U.S senator, Governor of Florida Territory, Judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court
    5.Family: Married to Rachel Jackson, no biological children(adopted)
    6.Known for expanding executive powers, implemented in Indian removal policies resulting in the trail of tears
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    Martin Van Buren

    1. Birthplace: Kinderhook, New York
    2. Education: No formal education, studied law 3.Military Service: None 4.Previous Offices: Vice President under Andrew Jackson, Governor of New York 5.Family: Married to Hannah Van Buren four children 6.Established the Democratic Party's modern organizational structure
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    William Henry Harrison

    1.Birthplace:Charles City County, Virginia
    2.Education:attended Hampden-Sydney college
    3.Military Service: Served as a general in the war of 1812
    4:Previous Offices: Governor of Indiana Territory
    5.Family:Married to Anna Tuthill
    6.Led US Forces in the battle of Tippecanoe
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    John Tyler

    1.Birthplace: Charles City County, Virginia
    2.Education: College of William and Mary
    3.Military Service: Served in the Virginia militia during the war of 1812
    4:Previous Offices: Governor of Virginia, U.S. Congressman
    5.Family:Married twice, 7 children
    6.annexed texas to the U.S
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    James K. Polk

    1.Birthplace: Pineville, North Carolina
    2.Education: University of North
    3.Military Service: None
    4:Previous Offices: U.S congressman, Governor of Tennessee
    5.Family: Married to Sarah Childress Polk, no children
    6.Led nation during the Mexican-American War, expanded U.S. territory
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    Zachary Taylor

    1.Birthplace: Barboursville, Virginia
    2.Education: No formal education
    3.Military Service: served as a career officer in the U.S army
    4:Previous Offices: None
    5.Family: married to Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor with 6 children
    6.Led U.S forces in several key battles during the Mexicn-American War
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    Millard Fillmore

    1.Birthplace:Summerhill, New York
    2.Education:largely self-taught
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    Franklin Pierce

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    James Buchanan

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    Abraham Lincoln

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    Andrew Johnson

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    Ulysses S. Grant

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    Rutherford B. Hayes

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    James A. Garfield

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    Chester A. Arthur

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    Grover Cleveland

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    Benjamin Harrison

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    Grover Cleveland

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    William McKinley

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    Theodore Roosevelt

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    William Howard Taft

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    Woodrow Wilson

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    Warren G Harding

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    Calvin Coolidge

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    Herbert Hoover

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt

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    Harry S. Truman

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    Dwight D. Eisenhower

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    John F Kennedy

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    Lyndon B. Johnson

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    Richard Nixon

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    Gerald Ford

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    Jimmy Carter

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    Ronald Reagan

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    George H. W. Bush

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    Bill Clinton

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    George W. Bush

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    Barack Obama

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    Donald Trump