B. 1792 2. Federalist—John Adams *Major Issues/ Significance of the Election— Washington ran unopposed. V. Vice President A. First Term: John Adams B.
Precedents Set By George Washington David Swann Grantham University Edward Brenya American Government I March 19, 2013 Precedents Set By George Washington I. Washington created the first Presidential Cabinet A. Who was on the Cabinet, and what Departments did they represent? 1. Vice President a. John Adams (1789-1797) 2. Department of State b. John Jay (1789-1790) c. Thomas Jefferson (1790-1793) d. Edmund Randolph (1794-1795) e. Timothy Pickering (1795-1797) 3.
"Presidents of the United States", "American Presidents", and "US Presidents" redirect here. For the C-SPAN series, see American Presidents: Life Portraits. For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). The White House, the president's official residence and center of the administration Under the United States Constitution, the President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in the United States by influence and recognition.
The Constitution was written from May to September 1787, at a Philadelphia Convention, which is now known as the Constitutional Convention. The Constitution created the three branches of government that we still use today. By creating a more centralized government, the United States became more of a nation. When the United States government was based upon the Articles of Confederation, the United States was more like a bunch of independent states,
4. Head of State: How did the President present himself? Famous appearances? Speeches? 5.
Think about the Presidents of the United States. George Washington? Abraham Lincoln? John F. Kennedy? Barack Obama?
The Metric System Web Quest *******History’s Important Dates http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/dates.htm http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/metric_system.html Examine the following dates and timeline to find out the history behind the metric system. 1) Who originated the metric system and when? 2) Which U.S. president proposed a decimal-based measurement system for the U.S.? 3) When was the metric system made legal in the U.S.? Was this mandatory?
KA 2011/12 The Election of the American President Helle Birk 1. What must a candidate for the American presidency do before he can be inaugurated? 2. Which requirements must be fulfilled by a person in order for him/her to become President of the United States? He/she has to be a natural born citizen.
IS IT TOO DIFFICULT TO AMMEND THE CONSTITUTION? In this essay I will discuss and evaluate, is it too hard to amend the constitution? The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the rules and separate powers of the three branches of the federal government: a legislature, the bicameral Congress; an executive branch led by the president; and a federal judiciary headed by the Supreme Court. The last four articles frame the principle of federalism.
Discussion at the Annapolis Convention of 1786 led to a convention in Philadelphia in 1787. It replaced the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States is a document that outlines the basic of the federal government. It was written in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention. The 55 men at the convention are called the “Founding Fathers” of America or “Framers of the Constitution.” Some of the famous framers are George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin.