 Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious interest of a certain class of men in every State to resist all changes which may hazard a diminution of the power, emolument, and consequence of the offices they hold under the State establishments; and the perverted ambition of another class of men, who will either hope to aggrandize themselves by the confusions of their country, or will flatter themselves with fairer prospects of elevation from the subdivision of the empire into several partial confederacies than from its union under one government. – Alexander Hamilton

 Chapter 10

 Washington elected  Established a cabinet  Jefferson, Hamilton, Knox all serve

 Bill of Rights  Judiciary Act  John Jay

 Government favors wealthy groups  Govt to pay off debts with interest  Convinced Congress to take on states debt

 Goal of maintaining a national debt  Tariff Revenue o 1789  Excise Taxes

 Bank of the United States  Jefferson says its unconstitutional – implied vs enumerated  North is for it / South against  1791 – 1 st Bank of US

 PA – 1794  Distillers who opposed the excise tax begin to cause problems  Washington sends in federal troops  Strong Message

 No parties when Washington elected  Jefferson / Hamilton feud creates rivalry  Jefferson and Madison organized opposition to Hamilton  Democratic –Republicans  Federalists

 First major international event the US has to deal with  Federalists initially support  Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

 British still on US soil in violation of the 1793 treaty  Jeffersonians call for war  Jay’s Treaty – 1794  Pinckney’s Treaty

 Washington leaves office  Adams beats Jefferson  XYZ Affair

 Aimed to decrease pro- Jefferson support  Alien Laws  Sedition Act

 Virginia and Kentucky resolutions