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The first president of the United States who set the precedent for all other presidents was
George Washington
A preacher who rode on a planned route to preach in towns that had no preacher were called
a circuit-riding preacher
The person who leads the executive branch
the President
The head of the state government is
the governor
Our nation's capitol
Washington, DC
Indians
an example
The branch that makes the laws
the legislative branch
The head of the local government is
the mayor
The group of people that choose the president of the United states is
the electoral college
GW served this many terms as president
2
A plan for spending and saving money is called
budget
The branch of government that is made up of courts that decide if a law has been broken
judicial branch
A local government may have
a city council
The second President of the United States
John Adams
Each term that GW served is _________ years long (and all other presidents have followed this too!)
4
Groups of people who try to gain power in government are called
political parties
Name the 3 branches of government
executive, legislative, judicial
National, state, and local governments have these
courts
This person believed in a strong national government and was in favor of a national bank
Alexander Hamilton
GW appointed this person as the general of the army who won the Battle of Fallen Timbers
Anthony Wayne
The group of people who give advice to the president are called his
cabinet
The 3 levels (not branches) of government
national, state, local
This is the proper name of the legislative branch on the national level
Congress
This person did not believe in a national bank, and later became our 3rd president
Thomas Jefferson