George Washington

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Adams, John

advice from

inauguration

president

vice president

on Washington

agriculture

Albemarle, General Lord

Alexandria

Algiers, American captives in

Alien Act

American character

Washington embodied

American experiment

American Indians

policy toward

American might

American Revolution

ideals of

state governments in

support from France

American society, visions of

Ames, Fisher

appointments

authority to make

Arnold, Benedict

Articles of Confederation

modifying

attorney general

Aurora

balance of powers

bank bill

Bank of the United States

banking

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Belvoir

Berkshires

Bill of Rights

Boller, Paul

Boston

Boston Tea Party

boycott of British exports

Braddock, Edward

Bradford, William

branches of government

Bryan, William Jennings

Bunker Hill

Burke, Edmund

Burr, Aaron

Bush, George H. W.

Bush, George W.

Butler, Pierce

cabinet

divisions in

making policy

Calhoun, John

canals

Carter, Jimmy

character

see also federal government

governors

Great Britain

grievances toward

Jay’s treaty with

negotiations with

northwest posts

restricting American commerce

seizing American ships

taxing Americans

troops in America

war with France

Washington administration favored

Washington opposed policies of

Greenstein, Fred I.

Hamilton, Alexander

advice to Washington

and dissension in cabinet

and executive

and Federalist

and foreign policy

on form of government

and French Revolution

heading Treasury Department

and Jay’s treaty

in leadership

party builder

pro-British stand

program of

resigned from government

role in Washington administration

and two-term limit

Washington leadership to

and Whiskey Rebellion

happiness

right to

Washington’s idea of

Harmar, Josiah

Henry, Patrick

Hirschfeld, Fritz

House of Representatives

and Jay’s treaty

Howe, Sir William

ideological war

ideology(ies)

imperial presidency

imports

Inaugural Address

Madison ghostwrote

inauguration

independent republic, idea of

industry

inland water transportation

Jay, John

treaty with Great Britain

Jay Treaty

Senate ratified

Jefferson, Thomas

advice to Washington

and bill of rights

and debt assumption

on Democratic-Republican societies

democratization under

and dissension in cabinet

and Enlightenment values

and Jay’s treaty

in leadership

left cabinet

opposition to Hamilton’s program

on parties

pro-French

republicanism

secretary of state

strategy with Washington

tour of France

and two-term limit

vice president

on Washington as monarchist

Washington estranged from

Washington leadership to

Jeffersonian model of government

Johnson, Lyndon B.

judiciary

Kentucky

King, Rufus

Knox, Henry

Lafayette, George Washington

Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de

land

leader(s)

transformational

leadership

charismatic

collective

of Madison

moral

presidential

transactional

transforming

leadership (Washington)

administrative

legacy of

standard for

legislative partnership

legislative power

legislature

L’Enfant, Pierre-Charles

Lexington

liberty

library, official

life

Lincoln, Abraham

Livingston, Robert

Louisiana

McHenry, James

McKitrick, Eric

Maclay, William

Madison, James

advice to Washington

and Bill of Rights

in Congress

and Constitutional Convention

and Enlightenment values

and executive

and Federalist

and foreign policy

head of opposition to Washington administration

and Jay’s treaty

in leadership

opposition to Hamilton’s plan

president

and presidential titles

system of checks and balances

“Virginia Plan”

Washington estranged from

Madisonian model of government

manufacturing

Marshall, John

marshals

Mason, George

Mercer, John

Mifflin, Thomas

military (the)

military service (Washington)

commander of Continental Army

military state

mint, national

Mississippi (river)

navigation and trade on

monarchy

charge of, in Hamilton’s program

fear of

Monroe, James

moral leadership

moral values

Morris, Gouverneur

Morris, Robert

Mount Vernon

manufactures at

slaves

Washington’s life at

Washington’s working vacation at

Moustier, Count de

national bank

national debt

National Gazette

national government

see federal government

national university

navy (proposed)

neutrality

New England

“New Jersey Plan”

New York City

New York State

Nicola, Lewis

Nixon, Richard M.

nonimportation agreement

notice, Washington’s quest for

Ohio

Ohio Valley

opposition

order

unity grounded in

Osgood, Samuel

Ottawas

Paine, Thomas

pardon, power of

Parliament

parliamentary form of government

patents

patronage

Peale, Charles Willson

Pennsylvania

Phelps, Glenn

Philadelphia

capital in

constitutional convention in

Pickering, Timothy

Pierce, William

Pinckney, Charles

Pinckney, Thomas

political clubs

political ideologies

political liberty

political parties

danger of

political planning

political problems

political unity

politics

adjournament of

Washington in/and

two-party

of unity

portraits (Washington)

Post Office

Potomac, capital city on

presidency

centralized control in executive branch

enlargement of

Madison

plebiscitary

two-term limit

Washington’s staging of

Washington’s view of

presidency (Washington)

conflict bequeathed by

evaluation of

first term

legacy of

second term

president(s)

future

mode of choosing

as partisan leader

powers of

term

Washington as

presidential election(s)

presidential government

presidential power

excessive

Washington’s use of

presidential residence, social events at

presidential titles

press

property, right to own

protocol

public credit

public good

public opinion

pursuit of happiness

Rakove, Jack N.

Randolph, Edmund

accused of treason

Randolph, Peyton

rank, Washington’s preoccupation with

realpolitik

reason

Washington’s belief in

religion

Report on Manufactures

Report on Public Credit

republic

republicanism

Republicans

Jeffersonian

revolutionary army

Revolutionary War see American Revolution revolutions

Rhode Island

right of removal

rights and privileges of Americans

Rittenhouse, David

Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

“Four Freedoms”

Roosevelt, Theodore

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

royalism

Rules of Civility

rules of conduct and civility

Rush, Benjamin

St. Clair, Arthur

Savage, Edward

Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.

Second Continental Congress

secretary of state

Jefferson

Pickering

secretary of treasury

Hamilton

Wolcott

secretary of war

Knox

McHenry

security

Sedgwick, Theodore

Sedition Act

self-interest

Senate

power to declare war

power to make treaties

ratified Jay’s treaty

separation of powers

Shawnees

Shays’s Rebellion

Sherman, Roger

Short, William

Simmel, Georg

Six Iroquois Nations

slavery

Constitution and

Washington and

slaves

compensation for stolen

three-fifths representation

Virginia

of Washington

social contract

Society of the Cincinnati

Sons of Liberty

southern states

Spain

negotiations with

Treaty of San Lorenzo

stability

Stamp Act

standing army

state, power of

state governments

states

binding together

federal government assuming debts of

power of

subordinate to national government

states’ rights

Steuben, Friedrich von

Stimson, Henry

Stuart, Gilbert

Supreme Court

taxes

on tea

Tea Act

term limits

Tocqueville, Alexis de

tolerance

Townshend Acts

trade

transactional leadership

transforming leader

Hamilton

Washington

transforming leadership

treaties

with Indians

Treaty of Amity and Commerce

Treaty of San Lorenzo

United States

westward expansion

unity

implications of

politics of

threat to

Washington’s ideal of

Valley Forge

values

Enlightenment

moral

Vermont

veto power

vice presidency

vice president

Virginia

House of Burgesses

“Virginia Plan”

Voltaire

Walpole, Robert

war, power to make

War of 1812

War of Independence see American Revolution

wars with Indians

Washington, Augustine

Washington, Bushrod

Washington, George

as administrator

ambition

attacks on

business interests

changes in

character

clothing

concept of the people

education

greatness of

and Hamilton’s program

health/illness

intention to retire

land acquisition

led army while president

legacy

marriage

as monarchist

personal characteristics

as political thinker

precedents set by

prestige

priorities for nation

public persona

qualities of

reaction to criticism

reentered public life

relinquishment of power

reluctance to become president

reputation

retirement

role shifts

self-portrait

success/failure

symbolic role/political role

unanimous elections

view of blacks