US HISTORY HONORS

Chapter 5

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$52 Million in Debt

No navy
Small army
Little respect in the World

1789- George Washington is unanimously

elected as the president
John Adams is elected as vice president
Very Small executive branch
Washington, as our 1st president, set many
precedents- traditions to be followed

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Judiciary Act of 1789- Established a judiciary

Established the office of attorney general to prosecute

and defend cases on behalf of the United States

John Jay- 1st chief justice of the Supreme Court

Washington created the formation of the cabinet

Heads of different department that advise the

President

Sec. of State: Thomas Jefferson

Sec. of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton
Sec. of War: Henry Knox
Attorney General: Edmund Randolph
Nominated by the President and approved by the Senate

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Addressing the Nations debt

Hamilton wanted a more commercial and industrial

economy
Saw Debt as an asset
Wanted to sell government bonds
Wanted new excise taxes and high tariffs
Raise money and protect struggling American industry
Charter a bank of the United States
Establish the nations credit
Political support from the wealthy
Enrich investors
Pay debts from the war in full

All of this meant taxes

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South is against Hamiltons plan

Hamilton used implied powers from the
Constitution

Broad/loose construction

Jefferson and Madison

Strict construction
Limiting federal powers
Argued Constitution did not authorize
Congress to charter a national bank

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1791- Congress approved full funding of

the federal debt, excise taxes, and the
creation of a national bank

Hamilton promised to move the capital to the

Potomac River
Washington D.C.

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Whiskey tax/ rebellion

1794- farmers resisted the tax by intimidating
and attacking tax collectors
12,000 militia men marched to stop the
rebellion

Most rebels ran away

Only 2 convicted

Federalists blamed the Whiskey Rebellion on

democratic societies
Madison and Jefferson defended them
Alarmed Washington sent so many troops

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Political parties- groups of people who

seek to win elections and hold public
office in order to shape government
Federalists: Hamilton and Adams
Democratic Republicans: Jefferson and
Madison

Aka: Republicans

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Northerners: Merchants/ artisans tend to

favor the federalists
Southerners/farmers: republicans
In the beginning it was mostly Federalists
who hold power, but you see a shift back
to states rights in public opinion

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Domestic and Foreign Affairs:

1793- Britain and France are back at war
British still had forts open in the Northwest
territory

Giving arms to the Native Americans and

encouraging them to fight with settlers

Battle of Fallen Timbers forced Native

Americans to accept peace terms
Treaty of Greenville- Native Americans ceded
most of Ohio to the US Government

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1789- French Revolution

1793- French Revolution went a little crazy

Americans divided on if they should support the

French Revolution

1793 Britain and France are at war

Most thought the US was too weak to enter into

the war

1793- Proclamation of Nuetrality

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Britain started seizing American ships

trading with the French
1794- Jays treaty: US and Great Britain
British give up their forts on American soil
Kept most of their restrictions on shipping
Americans repay their pre-war debt
Senate ratified but Democratic Republicans
dont like it

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1795- Pickney's treaty: US and Spain

Free shipping rights on the Mississippi River
Access to New Orleans
Established Northern boundary of Spanish
Florida

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Washington declined to run for a 3rd term

Set an example by walking waay from power
Set precedent

Washington set some political advice in

his farewell address
Political parties
Foreign neutrality
Etc.

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Foreign Policy Affects Domestic Policy

1796- John Adams won election but barely

Jefferson became vice president

Adams lacked tact

Hamilton also weakened Adams administration

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1796- French began seizing American

merchant ships
Adams sent envoys to negotiate a peace

3 French officials- X, Y, and Z wanted

$250,000 in bribes before negotiating a treaty

XYZ affair- changes sentiment against

France

Congress expanded the army and formed a

small navy

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Alien and Sedition ActsAlien Act- President can arrest and deport noncitizens who criticized the government
Sedition Act- crime for citizens to publically
criticize the federal government

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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Written by Thomas Jefferson
Declared the Sedition act unconstitutional
States had the power to nullify federal law

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Election of 1800:
Adams had isolated some federalists and
angered Democratic-Republicans
Did not win re-election
Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied
Went to the house to decide

Hamilton swung the election towards Jefferson

1804- constitutional Amendment to

change this process

Also lead to dual between Hamilton and Burr