The First Three Presidents of the United States

The First Three Presidents of the United States

George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson

George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson

The first three presidents of the United States were George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.

In class, we have read various passages about each of these presidents. Videos and books on getepic.com have also been assigned.

The next three slides are a review of some of the things we have learned about these three presidents.

Questions will follow those slides.

George Washington

• Known as the "Father of our Country"

• First President of the United States of America

• Leader of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War

• His face is on the American dollar bill and the quarter

• He set the moral precedent of a two term limit for the presidency. He didn't believe that the country needed to become too dependent on one man.

John Adams

• First Vice President of the United States of America

• Second President of the United States of America

• He was not popular because he remained neutral duirng the war between Great Britain and France.

• He only served one term as President.

• He was a member of the Federalist party.

Thomas Jefferson

• Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Second Vice-President of the United States

• Third President of the United States

• He was a member of the Democratic-Republic party

• He pushed hard for the Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution

• He had many interests- patron of the arts, inventor, mathemetician

• He is responsible for the Lousiana Purchase (a vast amount of land purchased from France)

Multiple Choice

Which president is known as the "Father of our Country"?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Which president was married to Abigail?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Which president served as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Select

Which two presidents died on the same day?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Which president is responsible for purchasing a large amount of land from France?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Which president is the author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Which president did not serve a second term because of his decision to maintain peace and not go to war?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Which president was married to Martha?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Which president served as the first Vice President of the United States of America?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson