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===Farewell Address===

===Farewell Address===

Washington reluctantly served a second term, beginning in 1793, but by 1796 he was exhausted and insisted on not running again. (Since then, no President except [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[Franklin Roosevelt]] has ever tried for a third term; the [[Twenty-Second Amendment]] makes this two-term limit into law.) His [[Farewell Address]], partly drafted by Hamilton and Jefferson, remains a classic statement of republicanism, calling on Americans to practice civic virtue and avoid alliances with the warring parties in Europe.

Washington reluctantly served a second term, beginning in 1793, but by 1796 he was exhausted and insisted on not running again. (Since then, no President except [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[Franklin Roosevelt]] has ever tried for a third term; the [[Twenty-Second Amendment]] makes this two-term limit into law.) His [[Farewell Address]], partly drafted by [[Alexander Hamilton]], remains a classic statement of republicanism, calling on Americans to practice civic virtue and avoid alliances with the warring parties in Europe.

[[File:Life of George Washington - The Christian death.jpg|thumb|Washington on his death bed]]

[[File:Life of George Washington - The Christian death.jpg|thumb|Washington on his death bed]]

===Retirement and death: 1797-99===

===Retirement and death: 1797-99===

Washington returned to his beloved Mount Vernon, but his health continued to decline.  In 1798 he accepted appointment as nominal head of a new national army designed to fight the French in a threatened war. (President John Adams chose him as the one man who would command respect from all factions.)  His role was nominal, as Hamilton was in effective command.   

Washington returned to his beloved Mount Vernon, but his health continued to decline.  In 1798 he accepted appointment as nominal head of a new national army designed to fight the French in a threatened war. (President John Adams chose him as the one man who would command respect from all factions.)  His role was nominal, as Hamilton was in effective command.