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On April 30 1789 George Washington stood on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
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From: Westmoreland County, VA
Education: did not receive a formal education. attended a local school in Fredericksburg.
Military: French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, and the Quasi-War with France.
Previous offices: Washington was first elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1758 as a representative of Frederick County. He was later elected by Fairfax County landholder
parents: Mary Ball Washington, Augustine Washington
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Congress worked to establish sources of revenue for the new government. On the symbolic date of July 4, President Washington signed the Tariff Act of 1789. The law placed a five percent tax on all imports.
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The 1790 law further provided that authors could bring a private suit for monetary damages against infringers who copied, imported, or sold their copyrighted works without permission. Half of the damages recovered would go to the federal government.
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the Residence Act stipulated that the president select a site on the Potomac River as the permanent capital of the United States following a ten-year temporary residence in Philadelphia was signed into law.
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On August 4, 1790, the United States Congress passed the Finance Act of 1790, the full title of which is an act to regulate the payment of the [debt] of the United States, as part of the Compromise of 1790 to deal with the financing of the domestic debt ( debt service, repayment and retirement)..
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Adams the Federalist nominee received 71 votes and became President. Jefferson, the Democratic-Republican nominee received 68 and became Vice-President.
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From: Braintree, MA
Education: Harvard University, Harvard College
Military service: head of the War and Ordnance Board
Previous offices: Delegate to continental congress, Vice president, United states minister to Great britain
Children: John Quincy Adams, Charles Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, Susanna Adams, Abigail Adams Smith
Spouse: Abigail Adams (m. 1764–1818) -
authorizing the President to require state executives to organize, arm, and equip a militia force of 80,000, “in readiness to march at a moment’s warning.”
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The Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution is ratified establishing the principle of state sovereign immunity in federal court.
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to negotiate a treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians.
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From: Shadwell, VA
Education: College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, colonial Virginia's capital
Military Service: colonel in Virginia Militia
Previous offices: Vice President, Virginia State delegate, Governor of Virginia, United states secretary of state
Spouse: Martha Jefferson (m. 1772–1782)
children: Martha Jefferson Randolph, Madison Hemings, -
James Madison was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights
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James Monroe was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
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John Quincy Adams was an American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825.
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Andrew Jackson was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
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