First 15 Presidents of the United States

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.

In 1820, James Monroe dominated the election of the Presidency of the United States by winning all but one of the electoral votes. In 1821 Missouri became a state and the equality of slave and free states are set at twelve. In 1823 President Monroe puts his Monroe Doctrine through, which states that the United States will not permit any European hampering in the Western Hemisphere. In 1824, John Quincy Adams in elected President of the United States. In 1825 our transportation took a gigantic step for the better because of the completion of the Eric Canal. In 1826 our transportation still prospered with the first railroad being put into use, in Massachusetts.

On June 21st of 1788 the United States of America was an optimistic place to live. The newly formed country had officially ratified their Constitution on this date, and within a year George Washington would become its first President. These events signified an unofficial end to the American Revolution, which had its start in part, because Americans had rejected the notion of taxation without representation. This modern form of government, however, did, have some problems it needed to deal with. Unable to levy taxes in previous years the federal government had found itself deep in debt. This federal debt also included all the states debt as well (Chernow, 2004, 297). The government desperately needed to find a source of revenue to pay off

Do you know who served the shortest term as president? It was our 9th president William Henry Harrison, listen closely to find out more about him. William Henry Harrison was born on February 9, 1773 on a plantation in Virginia. When Harrison was a kid his family was very wealthy. Harrison’s dad served in both Continental Congresses. Early education for Harrison was at home, but later in his life he studied at Hampden-Sydney college. After going to college Harrison decided to go to medical school. On July 12, 1745 while Harrison was at medical school his dad tragically died. After his dad’s death he decided he wanted to be in the army.

On February 12, Alice gave birth to a daughter, Alice Lee. Two days later, Roosevelt's mother died of typhoid fever and his wife died of kidney disease within a few hours of each other--and in the same house. (Miller Center)

The panic of 1837 was a Financial crises and incident that was caused by the growth of the U.S economy and the use excessive use of loans. Inflation was a problem and the Second Bank of America had made withdrew excessive amount of money. Many Banks began to accept money that would be consider hard money which consisted of gold and silver these actions would cause many Americans to become extremely suspicious. The rapid growth of the U.S economy during the Market revolution would also affect the panic. “The Panic of 183? was an industrial panic; i.e., it affected all lines of economic endeavor and serious repercussions were felt in every phase of American life.” Andrew Jackson tampering of money and the credit systems within the system had become a problem and would later become a cause of the panic. The creation of the second national bank would also come into play of the panic of 1837. Some of Americas people would blame England some would say because of the failure of crops, floods and how some people were living luxurious lives. Americans would blame Martin van Buren for the causes of the panic of 1837 but do not consider the role of Andrew Jacksons in the panic.

At length, 225 years ago, on September 17, 1787, the delegates of the Constitutional Convention signed their names to the final draft of the United States Constitution. Less than a year later, on June 21, 1788, when New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify it, it became, as it states in its own Article VI, the supreme law of the land. All these years later, few of us realize how cantankerous the arguments were that brought this document into being. This country was founded on the articles of confederation which was ratified in 1781. A first for a nation, it served as a charter.

The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United states. Prices, wages and profits started to decrease, whereas unemployment went up. The crisis was driven by speculative fever. Inflation grew after federal deposits which were deposited to the Second Bank of U.S were withdrawn, due to the government selling land for state bank notes for a cheap questionable value. Banks within New York began to accept only payment with “specie” (Form of gold, silver and etc.) Because of the switch, the economy faced a major backlash and started a panic, which followed up with a five-year economic depression.

Before the Stock Market Crash banks invested in stocks with money people deposited into their banks, since banks at the time were unregulated. This caused numerous banks to go bankrupt and were thus forced to close. In an attempt to mend the banks of Amendment Roosevelt proclaimed that all

American may remember horror stories of the effect the Great Depression had on society. Although devastating it was not the first time workers had the task to endure the financial difficulties of an impending recession. The Panic of 1792, where two situations occurred almost simultaneously which produced the first financial crisis. This was the first time which Americans experienced a bank run when US securities and bank stock prices started to increase. During the Revolutionary war I, the US Government assumed the financial obligations of two states being South Carolina and Massachusetts, which incurred a debt of $65 million owned, due to the war. Amidst bankruptcies, default mortgage loans and a decline in lendable money, the economy was at a staggering halt. William Duer and Alexander Macomb used inside information from the treasury; which Duer was previously employed, hoping that the stock value would increase. William Duer invested in the fall of the stocks and invested Macomb money with hopes the stock market would rise. Duer either way would make a large profit. Duer plans were intervened when the Livingston family going to use tried to reduce the price of the New York stock with hopes to purchase securities to fund a bank that would monopolize the stock from the Bank of New York. There was loan in place to assist American wish to develop industrial and commercial use but little funding or support for farmer; they had the opportunity for loans. The loans was

The “bank holiday was intended to end the threat to destroy the nations bank system and strengthened citizens confidence in their president(“Franklin D. Roosevelt”). The banks reopened when things started to get better financially. The Great Depression, known as the nation’s worst economic plunge, started in the summer of 1929 and ended in 1939(“Great Depression”). It

As agonizing as the stock market crash was, at the time, people thought that this recession would not last long (Rauchway 30). To exacerbate the situation, in 1930, two significant events occurred, the first was the passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, which practically halted global consumption, and second, was the spread of a severe drought in the Great Plains that scorched the farming sector (Himmelberg 9). The afflictions of the farmers inundated the banking sector, and with the dwindling economy, thousands of banks collapsed (Himmelberg 10). Some of these bank closures were results from "bank runs", in which savings were withdrawn by crowds of depositors, due to fear and panic (Himmelberg 10). When one of New York City's major banks,

2) Bank panics in 1819, 1837, 1857, 1873, 1884, 1893, and 1907 convinced many that

There was then The Articles of Confederation which was drafted in 1775 but ratified until July 9, 1781. In this document the thirteen original states established the first type

The following five presidential speeches were written by Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, and Ronald Reagan. In the speeches, the presidents give their perspective on how they believe the government should be run and how citizens should exercise their individual freedoms. While each president had their own way of saying that American’s are free people and that the government needs to allow them to prosper.