THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
GEORGE WASHINGTONS LEADERSHIP AT TRENTON SARATOGA VALLEY FORGE
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Thomas Jefferson
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John Adams
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Alexander Hamilton
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John Jay
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second President of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vice President under President George Washington. Learned and thoughtful, John Adams was more remarkable as a political philosopher than as a politician.
Detailed explanation-2: -Adams himself described the vice presidency as “the most insignificant office that ever the Invention of man contrived or his Imagination conceived.” His main duty was to serve as president of the Senate, casting a vote only to break a tie.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the first Presidential election, the electors met on February 4, 1789, and unanimously selected George Washington as President. The second highest vote getter was John Adams, thus becoming our first Vice President.