George Washington

• 1st President
• 1789-1797
• Federalist
• Charters Bank of the United States
• Puts down the Whiskey Rebellion
• Set two term precedent

• 2nd President
• Federalist
• 1797-1801
• Temperamental, poor delegator
• "XYZ" Affair
• Alien & Sedition Acts
• Peace Treaty with France.
• Father of the US Navy

XYZ Affair

• Significantly weakened relations between the US and France.

Thomas Jefferson

• 3rd President of the US
• Democratic-republican
• 1801-1809
• Private
• Not a good public speaker
• Lewis & Clark Expidition
• Eliminated National Debt
• Louisiana Purchase

• 1817-1825
• 5th President
• Democratic Republican
• Missouri Compromise
• Settles US borders
• Seizes Florida
• Monroe Doctrine

Missouri Compromise

• 1820
• Missouri entered in the Union as a Slave State
• Main brought in as a free state
• Balance at 12/12
• No slavery north of 36/30 degrees

• 6th President of the United States
• 1825-1929
• Erie Canal
• Extends public education
• Elected to House of Resp after presidency

• 7th President
• 1829-1837
• Democrat
• Indian Removal Act
• The Alamo
• Fights SC nullification
• Manifest Destiny

• 8th President of the US
• 1837-1841
• Democrat
• First Northerner to support slavery
• Fails to resolve border dispute with Canada
• Panic of 1837
• Evicts Cherokee from GA
• Considered one of the most ineffectual presidents in US history