Building the New Nation Mr. Johnson U.S. History

George Washington’s Presidency

Washington the Hero

Washington the Hero

Washington the Hero

Electing Washington

Inauguration in N.Y.C.

President & Vice President

Domestic Issues

Cabinet Henry Knox, Secretary of War Edmund Randolph, Attorney General

Cabinet Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury

Washington, D.C. Pierre L’Enfant Benjamin Banneker

Report on Public Credit Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton Recommendations to pay off debt

Hamilton’s Economic Plan Assumption of State Debts Tariffs Excise Tax on Whisky Sale of Government Bonds National bank… Elastic clause

Washington & Hamilton

Whiskey Rebellion Farmers’ revolt Washington’s response Sent 12,000 soldiers Rebellion ends Power of government to enforce the law

Judiciary Act of 1789

Indian Affairs

Northwest Indian War 1785-1795 War for control over the Northwest Territory

“Mad” Anthony Wayne Battle of Fallen Timbers U.S. victory Ended major hostilities until 1811 Negotiated Treaty of Greenville

Treaty of Greenville 1796 Representatives from 10 tribes cede much of present day Ohio, Illinois and Michigan

Indian Intercourse Act All land west of Mississippi River is “Indian Country” Established “factories” (government-licensed trading posts) Factories were used as military outposts to push Native Americans further off their land

Tecumseh “No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers.... Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn't the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?”

Tenskwatawa & Tecumseh Shawnee religious leaders, brothers Resistance to American expansion 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe – burning of Prophetstown

Death of Tecumseh

Foreign Affairs

French Revolution

Neutrality – France & Britain

Citizen Edmond Genet French ambassador Sought aid of Americans to attack British & Spanish ships Denounced by President Washington

Jay’s Treaty Problems with Great Britain The Treaty Impressment Western forts Trade The Treaty Britain leaves the forts and to trade Britain does not stop impressment Federalists lose support

Pinckney’s Treaty Treaty with Spain Boundary of Florida at 31st parallel Shared navigation of the Mississippi River

Pinckney’s Treaty

Washington’s Legacy

Farewell Address U.S. should avoid Political Parties Foreign Entanglements

Washington’s Retirement Democracy, not monarchy Two term tradition FDR – four terms 22nd Amendment

Mount Vernon, Va.

The First Party System

Washington’s Administration

Cabinet – Clashing Views Democratic-Republicans Federalists Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury

The First Two-Party System Issue Government: State or national? Interpretation of the Constitution: Strict or Loose? Tariffs, Banks & Business or farming? Banks: National or State? Defense: Standing Army or Militias? Foreign Policy: Support Britain or Support France? Regions of Support: N, S, E, W? Nullification More important: Order or Liberty? Party Leaders & Presidents Federalists Democratic-Republicans Questions Why does the Electoral College encourage a two-party system rather than a multiparty system? Explain how Thomas Jefferson’s election in the “revolution” of 1800 changed the way the federal (national) government operated. National State

Two Parties