Name: ____*KEY*__________ Period: ______
CATEGORIZING WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS
In 1796, George Washington was
nearing the end of his second term as
president. After 45 years of service to
the United States, (through the French
and Indian War, the American
Revolution, and the first president of
the United States,) George
Washington decided it was time to
retire. However, being the great
leader that he was, he did not want
to leave the presidency without
warning the nation about the things it
should and should not do in order to
be successful.
QUOTE
“I have already intimated to you the
danger of parties in the state, with
particular reference to the founding of
them on geographical discriminations. Let
me now take a more comprehensive view,
and warn you in the most solemn manner
against the baneful effects of the spirit of
party, generally. This spirit, unfortunately,
is inseparable from our nature, having its
root in the strongest passions of the
human mind. It exists under different
shapes in all governments, more or less
stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in
those of the popular form, it is seen in its
greatest rankness, and is truly their worst
enemy.”
 Intimated – suggested
 Solemn – serious
 Baneful – harmful
WASHINGTON’S WARNING
Your own words: ___________________
___Political Parties destroy nations
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This quote is…
Political
Economic
Religious
Social
because _____explaining the dangers of
having opposing beliefs in government
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GUIDED PRACTICE:
 Read the following quotes from Washington’s Farewell Address
 Discuss the quote with your group members
 Rewrite what Washington said in your own words
QUOTE
“Tis our true policy to steer clear of
permanent alliances, with any portion
of the foreign world.”
 Alliance – a friendship between
two or more countries
WASHINGTON’S WARNING
Your own words: ________________________
_______Remain neutral
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This quote is…
Political
Economic
Religious
Social
because ___ warning against foreign
conflicts _____________________________
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QUOTE
WASHINGTON’S WARNING
"...avoid the necessity of those
Your own words: ________________________
overgrown military establishments,
______keep the military relatively small
which, under any form of government,
(could hurt Americans if it gets too big)
are inauspicious to liberty, and which
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are to be regarded as particularly
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hostile to Republican Liberty."
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 Inauspicious – harmful
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 Liberty – freedom
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This quote is…
Political
Economic
Religious
Social
because __discusses the military
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INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
QUOTE
"...cherish public credit. One method
of preserving it is to use it as sparingly
as possible...avoiding likewise the
accumulation of debt....it is essential
that you...bear in mind, that towards
the payments of debts there must be
Revenue, that to have Revenue there
must be taxes; that no taxes can be
devised, which are not...inconvenient
and unpleasant..."
WASHINGTON’S WARNING
Your own words: ________________________
___stay out of huge national debt
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This quote is…
Political
Economic
Religious
Social
 Credit – the amount of money
available for a country or person
because ____deals with finances
to borrow
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 Sparingly – carefully
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 Revenue – income
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EXIT TICKET – Washington’s Farewell Address
Directions: Decide if each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F). If the
statement is false, please correct it on the lines below the original statement.
__F___
1. Washington supported the growth of political parties in the United States.
__________was against _______________________________
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__T__ 2. Washington did not support forming alliances with foreign countries. He
thought that the United States should remain neutral.
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_T___ 3. Washington thought that the United States government should avoid
forming an army that was too big because it could possibly hurt the
freedoms of the American people.
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__F___ 4. Washington believed that the United States should borrow as much
money from foreign countries as possible.
____________________not borrow as much money__________________
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Directions: Decide if each of the following ideas included in Washington’s Farewell
Address is a political (P), religious (R), social (S), or economic (E) idea.
__P___ 5.
__E___ 6.
__P___ 7.
__P___ 8.
Political parties
National debt
Military
Alliances with foreign countries