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Chapter 7: Launching the Nation  Section 1: Washington Leads a New Nation    ESSENTIAL QUESTION: HOW DID THE NEW NATION RESPOND TO INDEPENDENCE  ** Objectives //Students will learn that. . .//** 1.  In 1789 George Washington became the first president of the United States. 2. Congress and the president organized the executive and judicial branches of government. 3. Americans had high expectations of their new government. **__ Vocabulary :  __**George Washington, electoral college, Martha Washington, precedent, Judiciary Act of 1789     DOWNLOAD THIS FILE:    GO TO THIS LINK: []