Index Card 24

• http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081012105215AAGQqGv

• At the time of the Philadelphia Convention, the nationalists wanted George Washington to be the first president and the monarchists wanted him to be the first King. So, it was pretty well decided that, one way or another, Washington was going to be in charge after the Constitution was ratified.

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Index Card 5

• http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/georgewashington/f/washelection.htm

• George Washington was elected unanimously receiving all sixty-nine electoral votes. John Adams came in second and became the first Vice-President.

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