George Washington served until 1796.
Some laws he was connected with:
"The Tariff Act (1789), the Tonnage Act (1789), and the Excise Act (1791) levied taxes, payable in coin, that gave the government ample revenues. The Funding Act (1790) made provision for paying, dollar for dollar, the old debts of both the Union and the states. The Bank Act (1791) set up a nationwide banking structure owned mainly by private citizens, which was authorized to issue paper currency that could be used for tax payments as long as it was redeemed in coin on demand. A Coinage Act (1792) directed the government to mint both gold and silver coins, a Patent Law (1791) that gave inventors exclusive rights to their inventions for 14 years," the Judiciary Act of Sept. 24, 1789, the Proclamation of neutrality on April 22, 1793 (Not actually a law, but enforced as though it was one), Jay's Treaty of Nov. 19, 1794, the Treaty of Greenville (1795), the Treaty of San Lorenzo (1795), And he influenced a later law when: "Washington had been reelected unanimously in 1792. His decision not to seek a third term established a tradition that is now embedded in the 22d Amendment of the Constitution."
2007-02-16 03:37:19
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answered by sjsosullivan 5
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1789-1797. George Washington's presidency. He was born in 1732, in Virginia some place. He died in December of 1799 at Mount Vernon, Virginia of pneumonia it was believed. He was the tenth in a series of men appointed for one year terms to oversee the newly formed states as an improvisational president of the newborn country. He reluctantly took the job. When the Constitution as we know it today was finally ratified there was no opposition against Washington, and a lot of people wanted him to be the first official president. He didn't want to be, but he agreed to take the job so long as they found a replacement for him in 6 months. Obviously this never happened, but merchants in America bribed him with stuff like slaves, and land, property, livestock the whole she-bang. It is not certain why he decided to take the second term, maybe the gifts rubbed him right but he refused a third and subsequently John Adams became the next president of the United States of America, the runner up becoming the Vice-President, which at the time, was more or less a symbolic back-up for the slot of President, in case Plan A failed. Even During Washington's presidency the states pretty much governed themselves as if they were their own countries. The Constitution was supposed to to do something about that, in fact the Second Continental Congress drew up the document and decided that they needed ratification of at least 9 states if I'm recalling correctly for it to pass for just that reason. But just because it was on paper, didn't mean it was automatically efficiently enforced, in fact it took a while for most of the states to take the ramifications the document seriously, and they often continued to operate like they were sovereign entities completely independent of the newly formed American country.
2007-02-16 11:37:55
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answered by Rick R 5
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Second term ended in 1797, he warned "against permanent alliances abroad "
2007-02-16 11:26:23
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answered by Anonymous
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