chapter eight

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CHAPTER EIGHT
By Molly, Michael and Kylie
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GEORGE WASHINGTON BECOMES THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES

• Gets elected in 1789
• Main goal was to establish a firm society in the
  midst of a war
• Created a tax system, as well as a banking system
• Was awarded the very first Congressional National
  Medal
• Lived until 1799
• Was succeeded by his vice-president John Adams

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BILL OF RIGHTS RATIFIED

• Ratified in 1791
• (to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or
  formal sanction to ratify a constitutional
  amendment.-DICTIONARY.COM)
• The Bill of Rights is the first 10 commandments
  in the United States Constitution
• Thomas Jefferson was a main component of the
  writing of the constitution, and the Bill of
  Rights

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THE XYZ AFFAIR

• President John Adams appoints Charles Pinckney to
  be the minister to France to try and ease
  tensions between the two.
• The French government sent three agents to meet
  with Pinckney, and once at the meetings, instead
  of working out an agreement of peace, France
  simply asked for 250,000 as a bribe and 10
  million dollars as a loan.
• Outraged, Punckney filed a report to John
  Adamsand congress, replacing the agents names
  with X, Y and Z.
• This brought on an undeclared naval war between
  the two countries.
• Finally, at the next meeting the countries agreed
  on a treaty, the treaty of Morfontaine, in 1800

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

• In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson bought the
  Louisiana region from France in the famous
  Louisiana Purchase
• Once the united states had gained this territory,
  Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis and William
  Clark to further explore territory in the west,
  as well as try to find a link between the
  Columbia and Missouri rivers, that would link the
  Missouri river to the Pacific ocean.
• Lewis and Clark returned with knowledge of the
  area, as well as an inefficient route to the
  Pacific ocean, which enabled many future
  explorers and immigrants to make their way
  westward, further expanding the United States.