Early Republic Washington and Political Parties PowerPoint, Notes, Activities

This US History Early Republic bundle includes a PowerPoint and over 50 pages of guided notes, activities, writing prompts, and more covering George Washington's presidency and the origin of political parties.

PLEASE SEE THE PREVIEW VIDEO FOR SAMPLES

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This engaging PowerPoint lesson on the New Republic or Early Republic era in American History covers George Washington, and the origins of political parties. This 100+ slide PowerPoint has activities, discussion prompts, quizzes, links to videos, engaging pictures, maps, and more! This is Part 1 (out of 3) of our PowerPoints covering The Early Republic in US History.

Topics Included:

• Important Vocabulary terms for the entire Early Republic Unit
• Brief review of the Constitutional Convention of 1787
• Washington's Cabinet
• Establishing the court system
• Alexander Hamilton's financial plans
• Location of the capital
• First Bank of the U.S.
• Protective tariffs
• The Whiskey Rebellion
• Causes of the French Revolution
• Americans' reactions to the French Revolution
• Washington's foreign policy goals
• Neutrality Proclamation
• Jay's Treaty
• Washington's Farewell Address
• Democratic Republicans vs. Federalists
• Compare and Contrast Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
• The Election of 1796... and more!

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This 50+ page resource set includes guided notes, writing prompts, activities, and a quiz with a key covering George Washington's presidency and the origins of political parties in the era of the Early Republic in American history.

Topics Included:

• Cornell style notes for Washington's Presidency
• Primary source analysis of Washington's inaugural address
• Writing a newspaper article covering the first inauguration
• Designing a stamp representing Washington's presidency
• Creating a poster supporting or opposing Hamilton's financial plan
• Designing a comic strip over the Whiskey Rebellion
• Examining which states would benefit from Hamilton's financial plan
• Translating excerpts of Washington's Farewell Address
• 9 Writing Prompts
• Cornell style notes for the origin of political parties
• Build a timeline illustrating the development of political parties
• Compare/Contrast activity - Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
• Quiz w/key... and more!

We hope you find this resource to be a beneficial addition to your teacher toolbox, and that it can help increase student achievement in your class. All of our products have been tested in our classrooms, or in classrooms of our colleagues to make sure they make sense for both teachers and for students.