President's Unit by https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg en-us 2019-03-12 20:14:58 UTC 2019-03-22 20:42:37 UTC hello@padlet.com George Washington led the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. elida_gonzalez https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/340623139
  • America won the war.
  • America became free from Britain.
  • If America lost the war, we would all be part of Britain today.
    • ]]>     2019-03-12 20:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/340623139     George Washington stepped down as president after 8 years. elida_gonzalez https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/340624882
  • He made this so that there would be no kings.
  • Ever since George Washington stepped down, every president could only serve for two terms.
  • There have been about 45 presidents.
    • ]]>     2019-03-12 20:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/340624882     George Washington made up our first court cabinet. elida_gonzalez https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/340628604
  • He did not invite his own friends to be part of the cabinet but instead he hired experts.
  • He did this because he wasn't an expert on being a president so he needed help.
  • He also did this because he wanted  people to tell him if he was acting more like a king than a president.
    • ]]>     2019-03-12 20:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/340628604     Thomas Jefferson found the University of Virginia Which is the first public school. elida_gonzalez https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/340630714
  • Thomas Jefferson did this because he believed that everyone should have an education. 
  • He did this because it was the first public school that anyone can go to.
  • He also did this because he wanted to let everyone have a chance to have an education.
    • ]]>     2019-03-12 20:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/340630714     Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase elida_gonzalez https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/340982238
  • He doubled the size of the United States.
  • It costed about 15 million dollars.
  • If Thomas Jefferson didn't buy the Louisiana Purchase we wouldn't have this extra piece of land. 
    • ]]>     2019-03-13 17:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/340982238     Thomas Jefferson defeated the Barbary Pirates elida_gonzalez https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/341041121
  • He did this because the Barbary pirates signed papers saying that they will not attack U.S. ships, but they did not follow that law.
  • Barbary pirates lived in North Africa
  • This created a law that is for not to do anything with the terrorist.
    • ]]>     2019-03-13 18:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/341041121     Andrew Jackson was the only president that paid off the National Dept. elida_gonzalez https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/344355764
  • He paid ff the National Dept but it didn't last for long.
  • He paid about $58 million.
  • It was a very bad idea that Andrew Jackson Paid off the National Dept because if the National Dept was paid off now we would have no U.
    • ]]>     2019-03-22 18:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/344355764     Andrew Jackson got rid of the bank of America elida_gonzalez https://padlet.com/elida_gonzalez/901cwtsc09vg/wish/344364128
  • He was very against banks.
  • Why he was against banks is because
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