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Inauguration
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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George Washington
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
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Tariff Act of 1789
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. -
Copyright Law
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. -
Establishing the Capitol
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. -
Revolutionary War Debts
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).. -
Electoral Votes Tabulated In Congress
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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John Adams
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
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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.” -
Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution is ratified establishing the principle of state sovereign immunity in federal court. -
Appoints commissioners
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Thomas jefferson
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)
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James Madison
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James Monroe
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john quincy adams
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Andrew Jackson
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Martin Van Buren
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William henry harrison
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john tyler
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james polk
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zachary taylor
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Millard Filmore
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Franklin pierce
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James buchanan
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Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew johnson
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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James A. Garfield
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Chester A. Arthur
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Grover Cleveland
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Benjamin Harrison
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Grover Cleveland
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William McKinley
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Theodore Roosevelt