1. TEN: Launching the New Ship of State 1789-1800

2. Essential Questions 1.Summarize the key challenges and accomplishments of the very earliest days of the new republic. 2.Evaluate early political conflicts over economic issues, and assess their impact - short and longterm - on the country. 3.Summarize the attitudes of Americans and the American government toward international affairs during the Washington administration. 4.Describe John Adams's political views and assess the relationship between his domestic and foreign policies as president. 5.Differentiate between the Federalists and Democratic- Republicans, and examine the issues that helped to create and then sustain their points-of-view as well as their impact on future politics.

3. George Washington

4. “Lady” Martha Washington

5. The Executive Branch

6. Primary Source Activity Read the quotes on Shays’s Rebellion HAP-P the source, focusing on Historical Context What impact did Shays’s Rebellion have on the creation of the Constitution?

7. System of Finance

8. 1.Assumption 2.Make federal debt into bonds 3.Bank of the US (BUS) 4.Whiskey tax 5.Report on manufactures

9. System of Finance

10. Congress shall have the Power... To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

11. System of Finance

12. Primary Source Activity Read Thomas Jefferson’s and Alexander Hamilton’s statements about the Constitution and the bank. HAP-P the source, focusing on POV Whose opinion do you agree with more? Why?

13. The Judiciary

14. Bill of Rights

15. Washington as President

16. Primary Source Activity Read the Bill of Rights HAP-P the entire source, focusing on Historical Context What was the reasoning (historical) for 4/10 rights?

17. Foreign Affairs

20. Relations with Indians

22. Cotton

23. Read Washington’s Farewell Address HAP-P the entire source, focusing on purpose Were Washington’s warnings accurate? Primary Source Activity

24. George Washington’s Presidency IndiansForeign affairs Domestic affairs The Economy Problems1 bullet Solutions1-2 bullets

25. John Adams

26. Abigail Adams

27. 1796 Elections

28. XYZ Affair

29. Alien and Sedition Acts

30. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions