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The first five presidents of the United States impacted the United States greatly and their names were George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. The president I think that impacted the U.S the most was George Washington who was in office for eight years (1789-1797). George Washington who was the commander in chief and led the army in the Revolutionary War and gained freedom from Great Britain at that time there was thirteen colonies in the United States. In 1783 George Washington signed a peace treaty with Great Britain. John Adams which was the second president to be elected who was vice president at first for eight years (1789-1796) soon became president for four years (1797-1801). John Adams strengthened the central government by making the army stronger and he signed a law which is called the “Act for the Sick” which let government marine hospital service. Thomas Jefferson which was the third president was one of the more important presidents for the United States, he was one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence and he also organized the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the country known as the United States. James Madison Jr. known as the fourth president promoted the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. James Monroe which was the fifth president of the United States who was in office for eight years (1817-1825) and was the last president that was in the Virginia Dynasty and the Republican Generation.

There have been forty four presidents in the United States of America. Of them, President George Washington and President John Adams were the first two. They are widely considered as honored men who set a pace in history for what America is today. Although both are founding fathers of America, they were quite different in their life and in politics.

Adams only had a one year term as president, but before he was president he was Washington’s vice president. After his one year term he moved to Massachusetts, and he lost his reelection to his vice president Thomas Jefferson. Adams was one of the men that signed the Declaration of Independence. Adams was one of the only president of the first five to not own any slaves. He was against slavery, but he was also against abolition. He didn’t enjoy the ways the abolitionist dealt with most things, he thought it was chaotic and threatening.

Adams, was the second President of the U.S. He only served one term but he still was a very important part of our history. His administration focused on France, where his group had refused to receive the American envoy and had suspended commercial

John Adams (1735-1826) :An American patriot who served as the second President of the United States from 1797-1801 and the first Vice President. He also was a

Originally before the purchase was made France actually owned more of what is present day America than the United States did. In the 17th century, France explored started to explore the Mississippi River valley area and had some settlements here and there along the way. In 1762, during what most of

To begin, the borders of this territory was made up of the east side of the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico on the south, the Rocky Mountains on the west and Canada along the northern border. Originally, France claimed this territory, then Spain was granted this territory in 1763 in the Treaty of Paris, due to their backing of the French in the war. At the time, the French thought

claimed Florida. All this was called the Adams Onis Treaty of 1819.This had a great a

After the American Revolution, the British retained lands to the were of the Mississippi River, as specified by the Treaty of Paris

Patrick O’Sullivan says that it was Americans’ “manifest destiny,” to carry the “great experiment of liberty” to the edge of the continent. Thomas Jefferson contributed to the idea by purchasing the Louisiana territory as well as issuing the Corps of Discovery. The exploration gave birth to the acquisition of the Oregon Country during the presidency of James Polk. Lastly, Andrew Jackson took control of Florida and changed the political side of the United States. The first half of the 19th Century yielded the growth of America territorially, doubling the size of the country, as well as politically through Jackson’s modern like presidency.

From 1776 onwards, the United States of America had a strong foundation for government and tradition. Great men such as the Founding Fathers established these foundations for incoming future generations. One of these great men included John Adams. As an American colonist, as a voice of the American Revolution, as a Founding Father and as second President of the United States, John Adams was one of the most influential men in U.S history.

First and foremost, George Washington, the first official President of the United States under the current Constitution (though it can be argued that John Hanson, the President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation was the actual first President of the United States—just not the United States as it is today. This is a bit of a misnomer because there was no executive branch under the Articles of Confederation, and the job was more ceremonial than official). The

The treaty ended the French and Indian War. Spanish and French negotiators also signed the Treaty of San Ildefonso at the same time, which confirmed the cession of French Louisiana to Spain. The treaty gave Britain all French territory east of the Mississippi. Spain would continue to have Cuba in exchange for handing Florida over to Great Britain. France’s land west of the Mississippi was given to Spain, including the port of New Orleans.

Louisiana Purchase, the western half of the Mississippi River basin purchased in 1803 from France by the United States, at less than three cents per acre for 828,000 square miles. It was the greatest land bargain in U.S. history. The purchase doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution. The Louisiana Territory had been the object of Old World interest for many years before 1803. Many Explorations and scattered settlements in the 17th and 18th centuries would give France control over the river and title to most of the Mississippi valley. The first serious disruption

When the treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, the Americans had thought that they had enough land between the Atlantic coast and the Mississippi river. Yet in 1803, by the Louisiana Purchase, the area of the United States doubled and not long after, it was augmented by the half-purchase-half-conquest of Florida. By the end of 1820, as many as 6 states were created, east of Mississippi-Indiana (1816), Mississippi (1817), Alabama (1819), Maine (1820) and Missouri (1821). By the 1830s, the frontier line had been carried to Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas-about one-third of the way across the continent. By the 1840s, the expansionist policy, typified by the Manifest Destiny doctrine, became very strong with many sections willing to go to war to acquire more land. Slavery became a bone of contention between the Northern and southern states with the control of the senate in question. The South wanted expansion to increase slave states, the North to keep the balance with free states and the West wanting expansion to increase their land. The antagonism between the North and the South sees the beginnings of sectionalism leading to the civil war later. The spirit of equality becomes a banner with which the expansionist policy was proclaimed. Phases Of Development Before the 1830s, most sections of the west passed through the same phases of development in a regular order. The first white men to usually enter a new area were the