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The first seven presidents:
1) George Washington
2) John Adams
3) Thomas Jefferson
4) James Madison
5) James Monroe
6) John Quincy Adams
7) Andrew Jackson
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FIRST 7 PRESIDENTS

The first seven presidents:
1) George Washington
2) John Adams
3) Thomas Jefferson
4) James Madison
5) James Monroe
6) John Quincy Adams
7) Andrew Jackson
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GEORGE WASHINGTON

PRESIDENTIAL TERM: APRIL 30, 1789 – MARCH 4, 1797
George Washington was born February 22, 1732. He was the first President of the United States, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was married to Martha Washington 1759-1799.George Washington set 9 specific precedents during his presidency, 2 term presidency, use of force to enforce the law, calling the cabinet to offer advice, how to address the president, first to be inaugurated, first to make inauguration speech, being called Mr. President and farewell address. Washington enjoyed less than three years of retirement at Mount Vernon, for he died of a throat infection December 14, 1799.

JOHN ADAMS

PRESIDENTIAL TERM: MARCH 4, 1797 – MARCH 4, 1801
John Adams was born October 30th 1736. John Adams was the second president of the United States, having earlier served as the first vice president of the United States. The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War. U.S. and French negotiators restored peace with the Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine. John Adams dispatched three U.S. envoys to restore harmony between the United States and France—Elbridge Gerry, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and John Marshall. Later on July 4, 1826 John Adams died from arteriosclerosis, heart failure, and debility.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

PRESIDENTIAL TERM: MARCH 4, 1801 – MARCH 4, 1809
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743. He was the 3rd president of the untied states, an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. The Louisiana Purchase (in 1803) was a land deal between the United States and France. "This little event, of France's possessing herself of Louisiana, is the embryo of a tornado which will burst on the countries on both sides of the Atlantic and involve in it's effects their highest destinies." Thomas Jefferson wrote this prediction in an April 1802 letter to Pierre Samuel du Pont amid reports that Spain would retrocede to France the vast territory of Louisiana. As the United States had expanded westward, navigation of the Mississippi River and access to the port of New Orleans had become critical to American commerce, so this transfer of authority was cause for concern. Within a week of his letter to du Pont, Jefferson wrote U.S. Minister to France Robert Livingston: "Every eye in the U.S. is now fixed on this affair of Louisiana. Perhaps nothing since the revolutionary war has produced more uneasy sensations through the body of the nation." Later on in July 4, 1826 from debility.

JAMES MADISON

PRESIDENTIAL TERM MARCH 4, 1809 – MARCH 4, 1817
James Madison was born March 16, 1751. He was the 4th president of the United States. James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman, political theorist. The War of 1812 tested Madison in many ways. As commander-in-chief, Madison conducted the war with an army led by inexperienced field officers and aging Revolutionary War generals, supplemented by militia units that were often unwilling to leave their home states. Congress was slow to raise the army and unwilling to find money to fund it. Later Madison died June 28, 1836 from heart failure.

JAMES MONROE

PRESIDENTIAL TERM: MARCH4, 1817 – MARCH 4, 1825
James Monroe was born April 28, 1758. He is the 5th president of the United States. The Monroe Doctrine was expressed during President Monroe's seventh annual message to Congress, December 2, 1823. It was stated at the commencement of the last session that a great effort was then making in Spain and Portugal to improve the condition of the people of those countries, and that it appeared to be conducted with extraordinary moderation. Later on Monroe died July 4, 1831 from Tuberculosis, Heart failure.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

PRESIDENTIAL TERM: MARCH 4, 1825 – MARCH 4, 1829
John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767. He was an American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United states. He also served as a diplomat, a United States Senator and a member of the House of Representatives.supported the role of the federal government in the sponsorship of projects and institutions designed to improve the conditions of society. He had no constitutional doubts about the authority of the President and Congress to construct a system of internal improvements, ranging from roads and canals to harbors, bridges, and other public works. He supported the "American System" first proposed by Henry Clay while Clay was Speaker of the House. The general plan rested upon the notion of a self-sufficient, but regionally specialized, national economy. The american system was a plan to strengthen and unify the nation, it was advanced by the Whig Party and a number of leading politicians including Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams. The System was a new form of federalism. Later on, he died on February 28, 1848 from a stroke.

ANDREW JACKSON

PRESIDENTIAL TERM: MARCH 4, 1829 – MARCH 4, 1837
Andrew Jackson was born March 5, 1767. He is the 7th president of the United States.