President | Who were they? | What years did they serve? | Political party affiliated with? | Major issues of the day | 1. George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary war. | April 30, 1789-March 3,1797 | Federalist | He was tasked with starting a new country under democratic principles. | 2. John Adams | First president to live in the white house, member of the Continental Congress. | March 4,1797-March 3,1801 | Federalist | The U.S. was about to go to war because of the XYZ Affair. | 3. Thomas Jefferson | Governor of Virginia and member of Virginia House of Burgess. Primary writer of the Decoration of Independence. | March 4, 1801-March 3, 1809 | Democratic-Republican | The Library of Congress Started, Lewis and Clark began expeditions, and the Louisiana territory was purchased from France. | 4. James Madison | Member of the Constitutional Convention and the U.S. House of Representatives, Secretary of State under Jefferson. | March 4, 1809- March 3, 1817 | Democratic-Republican | Declares war on England , had to re build Washington after it was burned when it was captured. | 5. James Monroe | Member of Continental Congress, he was a senator, Secretary of State under Madison. | March 4, 1817-March 3, 1825 | Democratic-Republican | The Missouri Compromise and the United Sates obtains Florida. | 6. John Quincy Adams | Secretary of State Under Monroe, Commissioner at Treaty of Ghent. | March 4, 1825- March 3, 1829 | Democratic-Republican | Was elected president even though he didn't get the most popular or electoral votes | 7. Andrew Jackson | Member of house of U.S. Representatives, he was a senator, and he governed Florida. | March 4 , 1829- March 3, 1837 | Democrat | Establishes spoils system and cabinet system, Authorized the Indian Removal Act of 1850, Vetoed recharging of 2nd bank so the Whig party was formed.