What are the names of our first four Presidents? 1.__________________ 2.__________________ 3.__________________ 4.__________________

 1. George Washington had no idea of what a President was suppose to do but he accepted the position anyway.

 Washington had to pick a Cabinet. Jefferson-Secretary of State Hamilton-Secretary of Treasury Knox-Secretary of War Randolph-Attorney General

 Alexander Hamilton would set up a national bank that would help America become self- sufficient.

 Who is on the  1 dollar bill? __________________  5 dollar bill? __________________  10 dollar bill? _________________  20 dollar bill? _________________  50 dollar bill? _________________  100 dollar bill? ________________

Name as many Presidents as you can in 3 minutes.

 Washington will decide that America will stay neutral, in other words, not help either side.

 Washington retires and John Adams will beat Thomas Jefferson for President. Jefferson becomes Vice President.

 Jefferson will defeat Adams four years later to become our 3 rd President.

 He is a lawyer and architect.

 Great Britain, Spain, Russia and France (again) controlled the rest of North America.

 President Jefferson was mad because he wanted to buy New Orleans from the Spanish, but instead he had to buy the area from Napoleon.

 Napoleon needed money to pay for its war against the British.  Sold the Louisiana Purchases for $15 million dollars, or 3 cents per acre.  The United States doubled in size.

 Jefferson will send an expedition led by Lewis and Clark.

 Tecumseh believed that white Americans were trying to control all Native American lands.

 Many Americans believed that the British were trying to get the natives to stop American progress from moving west.

 Tecumseh wanted the Native Americans to unite so they could stop the Americans from expanding.

 The Indians were defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe.

 The Native Americans were welcomed by the British in Canada causing hard feelings between the Americans and British.

 Impressment of U.S. citizens

 Interference with American shipping.

 British support of Native Americans

 Some Americans wanted to take control of Canada.

 The Americans were not powerful enough to kick the British out of Canada.

 The British navy bombarded Fort McHenry heavily for hours and hours and into the night.

 Even after the bombing the flag was still flying high the next morning.

 Francis Scott Key, an American lawyer who was detained on a British ship wrote a poem that is today’s National Anthem.

 Increased American patriotism.  Weakened Native American resistance.  U.S. manufacturing.

 But no clear cut winner.