美国历届总统英文版.ppt

Presidents of the United states George Washington “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen .” During the American Revolution, Washington led the American colonies in the fight for independence from Great Britain. Washington was respected so much some people wanted him to be king. He refused. But Washington agreed to serve as the first president of the United States. The American Revolution Thomas Jefferson The third president of the United States A polymath ( horticulturist, statesman, architect, archeologist, author, inventor, and founder of the University of Virginia ) The principal author of the Declaration of Independence Abraham Lincoln "Honest Abe" the 16th president of the United States, guided his country through the most devastating experience in its national history--the CIVIL WAR. He is considered by many historians to have been the greatest American president. Franklin Delano Roosevelt one of the most influential presidents in American history. He was elected president four times. He served more than twelve years, longer than any other president. He led the nation through its worst economic crisis, and through one of its worst wars. Winston Churchill(丘吉尔) wrote about the day he heard the news of the death of his close friend: "I felt as if I had been struck with a physical blow. My relations with this shining man had played so large a part in the long, terrible years we had worked together. Now that had come to an end. And I was overpowered by a sense of deep and permanent loss." Barack Obama The first black president Won the Nobel Peace Prize Dead Presidents George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hamilton Jackson Andrew Ulysses Simpson Grant Benjamin Franklin Mount Ruthmore Thank You ! * *