How Did George Washington's Farewell Address
How would the history of the United States be different? If presidents would’ve listened to George Washington’s farewell address. On September 19, 1796, George Washington gave his farewell address. John Adams was elected president after George Washington stepped down. Adams later did not listen to George Washington’s point about staying out of war. After Adams, Thomas Jefferson is elected president, and the United States sinks into a political disunity between two separate parties, which Washington clearly said, stay out of. James Madison is the fourth president and under his terms, the nation goes into tremendous debt. If thomas jefferson, john adams and james madison had adhered to washington's farewell address then the united states would
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America would do good at doing what Washington said in his farewell address by staying out of war, until the war of 1812. In 1803 Napoleon Bonaparte was no longer interested in being a dominant empire in the “New World” so America made a country-changing purchase. Thomas Jefferson buys 530,000,000 acres of land for only $.03 an acre. This sent the United States 15,000,000 into debt which would not have pleased George Washington. Although this helped the United States move west and keep gaining territory, the timing did not add up. Around a year later two curious adventurers, Merrywether Lewis and William Clark, started an adventure to explore the purchase. In 1804 their journey began moving up the Missouri River until they reached the “Teton Sioux” (Lewis and Clark History Channel). In late 1804 the two of them met Sacagewea, who helped them make peace with other native tribes. “After reaching the Pacific River they stayed for five months before starting their journey back home.” (Lewis and Clark History Channel) They returned home and this marked where all of the debt started piling on the United States because they were at an all time
America would do good at doing what Washington said in his farewell address by staying out of war, until the war of 1812. In 1803 Napoleon Bonaparte was no longer interested in being a dominant empire in the “New World” so America made a country-changing purchase. Thomas Jefferson buys 530,000,000 acres of land for only $.03 an acre. This sent the United States 15,000,000 into debt which would not have pleased George Washington. Although this helped the United States move west and keep gaining territory, the timing did not add up. Around a year later two curious adventurers, Merrywether Lewis and William Clark, started an adventure to explore the purchase. In 1804 their journey began moving up the Missouri River until they reached the “Teton Sioux” (Lewis and Clark History Channel). In late 1804 the two of them met Sacagewea, who helped them make peace with other native tribes. “After reaching the Pacific River they stayed for five months before starting their journey back home.” (Lewis and Clark History Channel) They returned home and this marked where all of the debt started piling on the United States because they were at an all time