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George Washington served as a commander in chief of the continental army in the revolutionary war.

- He led the the Continental army to victory.
-We become an independent country.
-We would have still been apart of Britain if we hadn't won.

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George Washington stepped down presidency after 2 terms

-He was president for 8 years
-He made this so there would be no kings
-He set a precedent because every president after could only serve for two terms.  (  about 45 presidents)

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George Washington set up the first cabinet, with 5 cabinet members

-He had 5 members in his cabinet
-Thomas Jefferson as secretary of state, Alexander Hamilton as secretary of treasury, Henry Knox as secretary of war, and Edmund Randolph as attorney general
- Because of his decision, we now have 15 departments in the cabinet

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Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence in the year of 1776

- Because of this, the colonists fought Britan in the revolutionary war to gain Independence.
-It basically gave birth to the united states in general
- It showed liberty and equality.

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Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana purchase

- It cost 15 million dollars
- It doubled are country west
- If Jefferson would've never made the purchase, we wouldn't have had the extra piece of land.

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Thomas Jefferson defeated the Barbary pirates

-Barbary pirates lived in north america
-This lasted from 1801-1805
-It was one of the first terrorist attacks of america.

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Jackson owned the cotton plantation

-The cotton plantation was a place where they grew and harvested cotton for trade and export.
-There were about 50 slaves who worked in the cotton plantation.

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-This battle took place after signing the treaty of Ghent
--The Americans took the victory

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- At age 13 he joined the army and fought for the revolutionary war.
- he was at a young age but still thought it was important to help out and put priorities in order.