 April 6, 1789  The Electoral College Chose George Washington  John Adams became Vice President

 Recognition From within the country From outside the country  Unity To create a “country”

History Painting  Creating a history  Linking to the classical past  Creating a national identity Portraits  Celebrate the accomplishments of the Founders  What leaders look like  Prosperous citizens

Neoclassicism – uses Greek and Roman forms for symbols and functions; democracy and republic, values order, simplicity, reason and grandeur

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Benjamin West, Death of General Wolfe, 1770 National Gallery of Canada Charles Willson Peale, George Washington at the Battle of Princeton, 1781 Yale University Art Gallery Gilbert Stuart, Portrait of George Washington (The Athenaeum Portrait), 1796 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Thomas Cole, Distant View of Niagara Falls, 1830 Art Institute of Chicago Hudson River School Albert Bierstadt, Yosemite Valley, ca Oakland Museum of California Hudson River School Mary Cassatt, Mother and Child, 1889 Cincinnati Museum of Art American Impressionism Louis Comfort Tiffany, Lamp, Metropolitan Museum of Art Arts and Crafts Movement

Georgia O’Keefe, Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue, 1931 Metropolitan Museum of Art American Modernism Thomas Hart Benton, The Lord is My Shepard, 1926, Whitney Museum of American Art American Regionalism George Bellows, Cliff Dwellers, 1913, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Ashcan School William H. Johnson, Street Musicians, , Smithsonian American Art Museum Harlem Renaissance William Van Alen, architect Chrysler Building, NYC, completed 1930 Art Deco

Jackson Pollack, Autumn Rhythm, 1950 Metropolitan Museum of Art Abstract Expressionism Agnes Martin, Milk River, 1963 Whitney Museum of American Art Minimalism Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans (detail), 1962 Museum of Modern Art Pop Art Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs, 1965 Conceptual Art Keith Haring, Untitled, from the portfolio Andy Mouse, 1986 Smithsonian American Art Museum Grafitti/Pop Art Jenny Holzer, For the Guggenheim, 2008 Conceptual Art

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 National Gallery of Art   Smithsonian American Art Museum   National Portrait Gallery   Hirshhorn Museum   Creative Learning Factory

The First Government

A- Bill of Rights B- Federal Judiciary Act of 1789: set up a system of courts; - District court - Court of appeals C- Created departments for the Executive branch (Ex: Dept. of War)

 Rule of Law: Everyone accountable to law Fair & equally enforced  Independent Courts No one controls Creates a strong democracy Current Boundaries

 What is a Precedent?  An example followed by future generations.

Precedent #1- Choosing department heads (cabinet) a. Sec. of State- Thomas Jefferson b. Sec. of Treasury- Alexander Hamilton c. Sec. of War- Henry Knox d. Today there are 15 members of the cabinet. ***Reason: would unite country because would reassure the Americans that the President was not making critical decisions on his own.***

Precedent #2- Only held office for 2 terms (8 years) ***Reason: This would unite the 13 states because it would eliminate the possibility of the U.S. becoming like a monarchy or dictatorship where one person holds power for an extended period of time***

 International France  French Revolution began in 1789 wanted U.S. support  Got into a war with Britain  U.S. stayed neutral  Why? Isolationism

 International (Securing the Northwest Territory) Britain  Still in western frontier  Started seizing U.S. ships trading with French West Indies  Jay’s Treaty signed- Britain leave U.S. and U.S. pay back pre- revolutionary war debt

International (Mississippi River Access)  Spain  Closed Port of New Orleans: bad for U.S. trade  Pinckney’s Treaty signed and Port re-opened ***31 st parallel would be the southern border with Spain

***Problems with Native Americans  Scuffles between settlers & American Indians  Battle of Fallen Timbers: Troops sent to Northwest territory to stop Native American resistance US troops defeated the resistance.

 Treaty of Greenville: Indians agreed to surrender their homeland and move west.

 Domestic (The Whiskey Rebellion ) -Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay a tax on whiskey. -To help make money & save crop many farmers made whiskey out of grain.

-Washington marched with 12,000 troops to western P.A. to take down rebellion. Never fought, the rebels surrendered. -Washington wanted to prove that the federal government had the power and will to enforce laws.

 Washington left office in 1797  In his farewell address he spoke of the dangers to the American Republic Political Parties  Would create more division in a country already divided by regions, geography and culture. Alliances  Foreign alliances will bring the US into war