Washington and Adams
George Washington and John Adams
On April 30, 1789 George Washington became the president of the United States, two terms later in 1797, John Adams was the next president of the nation. Both presidents helped to establish the stable government that is known today. Washington was able established many precedents, since he was the first president to implement the new Constitution. It was quite hard for John Adams to follow in such great footsteps. Although John Adams was very active in the drafting of the Constitution, he wasn’t as helpful as George Washington in establishing a stable government afterwards, who had a partnership with the nation, enabled the government to protect itself and settled the conflict with foreign affairs.
Washington, already a hero from the Revolutionary War, served a clean presidency with no major blunders or scandals. He rejected monarchical titles when the nation wanted to elect him as “King Washington”, if John Hanson’s government failed. He supported the Bill of Rights, and did not believe in political parties. Both George Washington and John Adams supported broad federalist interpretation of the Constitution, which implied the Consitutition loosesly, establishing things like the Bank of the United States. John Adams, Washington’s successor, served two terms of Vice-President before his presidency. Adams tried to continue Hamilton’s fiscal policies, during his presidency. Policies to set up national credit encourage manufacturing, and make the American currency is stable.
John Adams was considerably lacking in George Washington’s greatest talent: his natural connection with the nation of the United States. However this did not prevent Adams from doing some significant things. Adam’s most significant example of stabilizing the new government in the long term was the appointment of John Marshall as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Although he tried to control the cabinet officials and partisan extremists, he failed and took
On April 30, 1789 George Washington became the president of the United States, two terms later in 1797, John Adams was the next president of the nation. Both presidents helped to establish the stable government that is known today. Washington was able established many precedents, since he was the first president to implement the new Constitution. It was quite hard for John Adams to follow in such great footsteps. Although John Adams was very active in the drafting of the Constitution, he wasn’t as helpful as George Washington in establishing a stable government afterwards, who had a partnership with the nation, enabled the government to protect itself and settled the conflict with foreign affairs.
Washington, already a hero from the Revolutionary War, served a clean presidency with no major blunders or scandals. He rejected monarchical titles when the nation wanted to elect him as “King Washington”, if John Hanson’s government failed. He supported the Bill of Rights, and did not believe in political parties. Both George Washington and John Adams supported broad federalist interpretation of the Constitution, which implied the Consitutition loosesly, establishing things like the Bank of the United States. John Adams, Washington’s successor, served two terms of Vice-President before his presidency. Adams tried to continue Hamilton’s fiscal policies, during his presidency. Policies to set up national credit encourage manufacturing, and make the American currency is stable.
John Adams was considerably lacking in George Washington’s greatest talent: his natural connection with the nation of the United States. However this did not prevent Adams from doing some significant things. Adam’s most significant example of stabilizing the new government in the long term was the appointment of John Marshall as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Although he tried to control the cabinet officials and partisan extremists, he failed and took