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01/28/2013

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What does precedent mean?

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a guide for later actions

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What does inauguration mean?

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to introduce into office with suitable ceremonies

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George Washington was elected to be the first presedent of our country; how was he elected?

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unanimously

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Where and when was George Washington's inaguration?

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New York on April 30th

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He was reluctant to except the positon of the president; but why did he decide to do it afterall?

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he felt that it was his duty and obligation to the country

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What were Washington's decisions going to establish?

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precedents

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What were the three main departments set up by congress?

(include people)

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(first cabinet)

  • Secretary of State-      Thomas Jefferson
  • Secratary of Treasure-          Alexander Hamilton
  • Secretary of War-             Henry Knox
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There was large dept from where?

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Revolutionary War

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America had borrowed millions of dollars from what?

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foreign governments and indivisual citezens

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What was in dept?

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many states

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What type of credit did us have?

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bad credit

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Who was secretary of the treasury?

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Alexander Hamilton

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What is the national bank that Hamilton established?

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Bank of the United States

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What did Hamilton want to pay off and how did he do it?

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George Washington's Presidency-           dept by paying Americans with war bonds and then foreign countries
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What is a excise tax?

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a tax on goods made and sold in the United States (led to the whiskey rebellion)

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What is a tariff?

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tax on inported goods

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George Washington's Presidency- The native americans were living on the land, but had not won their what when the Americans did?
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independence

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Americans didn't want the native americans to occupy the land if they were not going to be accustomed to what culture? 

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American

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Many Native americans refused to follow who's rules for them, and they fought back?

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America

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Who helped supply the Native Americans with weapons to fight?

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The british

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After much controversy and disagreement, what occured; and left many native americans defeated and homeless?

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the Battle of Fallen Timbers

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in 1795, the Treaty of what was signed between general wayne and native americans.

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Greenville

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Did the native americans agree or dissagree to turn over the entire southern half of what is now known as Ohio to american settlers?

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agreed

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In July of 1789 the French People rose up against who?

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King and Queen

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After attempting to do what, France, Louis XVI and Marie Antionete are excuted from the French people?

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Escape

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What two places went to war around 1789?

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England and France

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The British Government war terrified by what of the French Revolution?

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violence

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England goes to war with France to prevent the spread of what to the rest of Europe?

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revolution

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What two places did the United States want to trade with?


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George Washington's Presidency-France and Britan
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France wanted the United States to stop trading with who?

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England

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England wanted the United States to stop trading with who

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France

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The United States wanted to remain what?

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neutral

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Inorder for the United States to remain neutral and trade with both nations, who issues the Neutrality Proclomation?

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Washington

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The United States would be "what" to all nations?

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"freindly and impartial"

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Washington send American what abroad to settle disputes?

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diplomats

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When was Jays Treaty?

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1794

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Jays Treaty-

Britan would withdrawl it's what from the North Western territory.


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George Washington's Presidency-troops
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When was the Pickney Treaty?

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1795

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Pickney Treaty-

Who would recodnise United States boundaries.

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Spain

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Jays treaty-

United states merchant ships could trade in the what?

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carribean

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Pickney treaty-

American ships could use the lower Missippi River and trade through the city of where?

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New Orleans

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Jays treaty-

settled boundry disputes between what two places?

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Canada and the United States

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The whiskey rebellion was an excise tax on what, angered farmers in western Pennsylvania.

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wiskey

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The farmers refused to pay the excise tax and intimitated and clashed with what and government agents in 1794?

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tax collectors

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George Washington's presidency- Washington gathered what and personally leads them into Pennsylvania to stop the rebellion?
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militia

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Washington's response to the whiskey rebellion proved that the what was willing to use force if necessary to inforce its policies?

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Central government

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