People/Place
What was the name of George Washington’s wife?
Marth Washington
A very large farm
Plantation
On April 14, 1789 Charles Thomson rode to Mount Vernon carrying a letter for George Washington. What did the letter say?
It said that Washington that he had been elected the first President of the United States
President elect
On April 14, 1789, Charles Thomson rode to Mount Vernon carrying a letter for George Washington. The letter told Washington that he had been elected unanimously as
________________________________________ of the union.
president
Where did George Washington live before he became president in New York?
George Washington lived at his estate, Mount Vernon in Virginia
People who fought in a war
veteran
What was so important about the way in which George Washington was elected President?
He had been elected unanimously
President elect
George Washington was a farmer, so when the letter arrived he was thinking about his big plantation and all the
____________________________________________________.
spring crops
a fight between Great Britain and the 13 American colonies from 1775 to 1783
Revolutionary War
Everyone agrees
Unanimous
Why did George Washington hate leaving his wife Martha, and his home in Mount Vernon, especially in the month of April?
Because he loved his wife and and spring was beautiful in Mount Vernon in April
An event that marks the official beginning of something, especially a president’s term
inauguration
It took George Washington eight days to make the journey from Virginia to New York because in each town citizens greeted their president-elect with ______________________________,
________________________,or____________________________.
a parade or a bonfire or fireworks or speeches or a ceremonial dinner, or a chorus or sometimes all of those things
When did George Washington take the oath as President?
April 30, 1789
Another word that means the same as felicity
Happiness
Why did it take George Washington eight days to make the 235 mile journey from Virginia to New York?
Because citizens greeted the president with a parade, or a bonfire, fireworks, speeches or ceremonial dinner
The person who helps the president. This person ranks second after the president
Vice president
Traveling the countryside waving from his carriage, George Washington saw many faces he remembered from the
________________________________________________ or from
____________________________________________________.
Revolutionary War battlefields or Valley Forge
Where did George Washington take the oath as President?
Federal Hall, New York
The rules and law for the United States
Constitution
Traveling the countryside waving from his carriage, what did Washington see?
He saw many faces he remembered from Revolutionary War battlefields or Valley Forge
An event that marks the official beginning of something, especially a president’s term
Inauguration
On April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath as President
while he stood on the balcony of _________________________ in
_____________________________________.
Federal Hall.......New York