... the nation was first established. This question of slavery was a main reason why early America was so fragmented and prone to implosion. Due to the constitution however, the laws could only be discussed nor acted upon, causing this debate to boil up for years until the eventual internal struggle known as the Civil War. Chapter four involves the retirement of Washington and ... . By voluntarily relinquishing the power of the Presidency, Washington initiated the two-term tradition. In 1795, Washington and Chief Justice John Jay made a treaty with England that favored English imports and gu...

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