Is there ever a time where someone thinks about how we’ve come to where we are today? First of all, the United States wasn’t always like this, from the very beginning there have been obstacles to overcome. Many remembers George Washington, if not, he was the first president of the United States and he was also an important key to how the U.S. is defined as a nation. Not only was he important but so was the Supreme Court, the Louisiana Purchase, Jacksonian Democracy, and the Civil War and Reconstruction.
George Washington’s presidency had a big impact on the U.S. He believed that in order to keep peace he wanted the U.S. to stay neutral, he also strongly believed in having federal unity. He was known as the “Father of Our Country” for many reasons such as being the first president and leading the U.S. to victory in the American Revolutionary War, during his time of being president he wanted peace for the U.S. which is why he was against having political parties. His presidency was just the beginning for the United States, much was to come and much did.
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He was able to help make the national government stronger. He brought unity to the Supreme Court and since he did that people no longer thought the Supreme Court was weak or unimportant. The Supreme Court was just as important as the Judicial and Executive branch, they were equal. During the year 1803, the Louisiana Purchase has taken place, Thomas Jefferson was then president and paid $15 million to France for the Louisiana Territory. With this land, they were able to expand the U.S. by so much. This was the largest territorial gain the U.S. ever made and by doing this the population began to