George Washington: first president of the US, head of American army against the British, signed the first laws like the Judiciary Act of 1789, Set the most precedents, created the first cabinet, set the precedent of only serving 2 terms, John Adams: first vice president, second US president, from Massachusetts, not a plantation owner, but a lawyer, helped write the Massachusetts constitution, encouraged laws that limited personal freedoms, Thomas Jefferson: third US president, wrote the Declaration of Independence, like Washington, was an enslaver from Virginia, believed in small federal government, was Washington's Secretary of State, Got the Louisiana Purchase in 1801, Alexander Hamilton: was never president, was Washington's Secretary of the Treasury, good with money and finance, wanted a strong federal government, wanted an industrialized economy, not agriculture, disagreed with Jefferson on lots of things, has a famous musical named after him, in favor of a strong national bank for America's money,

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