Mid-Term Exam Prep - American History - Presidents

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George Washington

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- He was named leader of the Boston army, but did not have the leadership expected of someone of that position. He was a Virginia planter and had never gone above the rank of colonel. He did not necessarily have military smarts, leading to his number of battles lost over won.
- Even though he was not a great MILITARY leader, he showed great characteristics of a true leader being self- disciplined, courageous, and patient. He proved to be more a moral leader, than military one.
- He was ready to fall with his troops and all that met him trusted him. He also believed in serving without pay.

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James Madison

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- From Virginia, he thought during the time of slavery that becoming unified would be worse than slavery itself. He was a classified political leader. He was a insightful about learning about the government and was called “the Father of the Constitution.”
- He sided with the federalists. He put together a propaganda of essays with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton and wrote the most famous of them, saying republican government was impossible to spread over all the land.
- He drafted the amendments of the a bill of rights of all
- individuals himself – Bill of Rights 1791.

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John Adams

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- After the Boston Massacre Adams served for the soldiers involved as their defense attorney
- He was present at the Continental Congress in 1774 discussing the Intolerable Acts. He played a major role in the Congress of spreading the idea of being under their own American control with British path. This influenced the development of the Declaration of Rights.
- He helped in putting together a draft of a “Model Treaty,” which was created during the Continental Congress in 1776 during the summer in order to help direct American leaders being sent off to French court.
- He helped in putting together a draft of a “Model Treaty,” which was created during the Continental Congress in 1776 during the summer in order to help direct American leaders being sent off to French court.
- He was politically strong. He was not able to go to the Philadelphia convention of 1787 because he was in Europe.
- He was George Washington’s vice president
- During the election, the majority of his support came from New England and he won with 71 to 68 votes in the Electoral College, and Thomas Jefferson became his vice president.
- He stuck to his principles with devotion, was an aristocratic kind of character, and did not appeal to the majority. Hamilton was against him and resigned from his position in 1795. Also, when he became president, he had to deal immediately with the French  sent three diplomats over to Paris in 1797 (John Marshall)
- He sought out peace with France even after they were being really difficult in the agreements, and saved the United States from going through war while weak.