THE BOOK OF DAMN
YANKEES
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF MANIFEST DESTINY
Jefferson cares about little people
Chapter 14
hGeorge Washington was president for eight years and set a lot of important precedents for the Yanks who would become president after him.
2iFor example, he got upset with congress when they wouldn’t do what he wanted,
3jWhich made it okay for later presidents to get upset with congress too.
4Then he decided not to run for reelection after he had served two four-year terms,
5Which made it practically impossible for subsequent presidents to run for more than two terms,
6kWith one exception,
7Which we’ll discuss later.
8Then he was succeeded by his vice president,
9Who was lJohn Adams.
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