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Essential Question: What were the precedents that Washington established as the first president of the United States of America? The Federalist Era Chapter 8

How are government leaders chosen in the US?? FIRST How do you think the structure of our government was created? Did it just evolve over time, or was it created through laws? SECOND Review

What are we looking at here? What can you name? What does it represent for US History?

Take a look at the timeline on page What years are covered in this chapter? Which two presidents served in office during this time period? When was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution? What is happening elsewhere in the world during this time?

The First President -George Washington - How might the first leader of a new nation shape future leaders’ roles? -Washington set up the first three departments of the Executive Branch

The State Department -relations with other nations -Thomas Jefferson led The Department of Treasury -financial matters -Alexander Hamilton led

The Department of War -handled defense Washington also named an attorney general, the head lawyer for the country Together, they are the president’s cabinet

The president has the power to fire cabinet members without Senate approval -this made the position of president stronger

Judiciary Act of they also had to decide how to set up the judicial system What part of the judicial system had the Constitution already set up? The Judiciary Act gave the federal courts power over the state courts

The Bill of Rights - the first 10 amendments to the constitution helped to limit the powers of the gov’t over the people

Economy - Hamilton (Sec of Treas) had a large national debt to deal with -Hamilton wanted to pay off the debt -He also wanted to pay off each individual state’s debt -Southern states opposed this

-Hamilton also asked Congress to create a Bank of the United States that the gov’t would own -opponents said that it was unconstitutional -Washington agreed that Congress had the power to create it, and so it was created

-Hamilton got the Southern states to agree by proposing that the national capital would be located in the south -This is how the District of Columbia was created

-Hamilton wanted more manufacturing in the US -He proposed tariffs on imports to help US industries keep their prices lower (page 256) -Southern states didn’t have much manufacturing and opposed tariffs -The tariffs passed anyway

-Finally, to improve the economy, Hamilton wanted more taxes to raise money -This included a tax on whiskey made in the US -These changes made Jefferson and Madison nervous about how much power the gov’t had

Review What did the Judiciary Act do? Summarize Hamilton’s plans for building the economy.

Washington, D.C. plans