1. Agenda 4/17 Bellwork Define in notes Precedent Neutrality Jays Treaty Cabinet CW 1 – notes CW 2 – Our FP/class discussion

2. EQ: What was the legacy of Washington’s presidency?

3. Two key precedents established by Washington was a foreign policy of neutrality and the use of advisors.

4. In response to warring European nations in the 1790’s, Washington declared the neutrality of the U.S. (the Proclamation of Neutrality) and signed Jays Treaty French Revolutionary War vs. England, 1793

5. In Washington’s Farewell Address, he urged to U.S. to avoid alliances with foreign nations and to practice neutrality. Washington’s Farewell Address, 1793

6. Washington used a Cabinet (or advisors) to consult him, which is an example of the unwritten constitution. The first Cabinet (1789): Washington, Secretary of War Henry Knox, Sec. of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of State Thomas Jefferson, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph

7. The unwritten constitution is defined as governmental practices that are based on custom and tradition. President George W. Bush’s Farewell Address President Barack Obama’s Cabinet (2009)

8. President Washington’s actions and policies resulted in the strengthening of the federal government. President Washington leading his troops against the Whiskey Rebellion (1794)

9. CW part 2 On a half sheet of paper, write what you think the United States role is in the world and why (how should the US act with other nations)

10. Class Survey The US should mind its own business, we have enough things to worry about here The US has to make the world safe for democracy and get involved when other nations ask for help

11. CW2 On the other side of you discussion paper answer this question Should the US act in its best interests (trade, economics, security) or should it act according to its Ideals (freedom, democracy, liberty). EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER!

12. Class Survey BEST INTERESTSIDEALS

13. Read Washington’s Farewell Address Homework: Watch the news, read a newspaper or get online: find at least one Foreign Policy Issue facing the US today. What advice would Washington give the President on this issue? What advice would you give? Homework – Answer EQ: What was the legacy of Washington’s presidency?