1. The Washington Presidency: 1789-1797
The First President
The First Congress
Hamilton’s Plan
The First Political Parties

2. Washington’s Cabinet: 1789
Background: George Washington
Cabinet Departments-
Secretary of War: Henry Knox
Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton
State of State: Thomas Jefferson
Attorney General: Edmund Randolph
Postmaster General: Samuel Osgood
Vice President: John Adams

3. Vice President
John Adams

4. Secretary of War
Henry Knox

5. Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton

6. Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson

7. Washington’s Cabinet

8. Mount Vernon

9. First Congress Judiciary Act of 1789: 13 federal Court districts
3 circuit courts, 6 supreme court justices, John Jay
James Madison: Speaker of the House
Tariff Act of 1789: 5% duty on imports
Bill of Rights

10. Hamilton’s Plan Report on Public Credit
Pay face value of all bonds (funding) $54m
Pay all state debt (assumption) $20m
Report on a National Bank
Create the BUS (20% gov. owned)
“necessary and proper clause”
Report on Manufacturing
High tariff: protect manufacturing & bring in revenue for internal improvements

11. Foreign Affairs French Revolution: GW neutral
Jay’s Treaty: Britain will remove forts, new trade treaty, Britain will pay for ships when America pays Tory debt. But they did not stop impressment, nor recognize American neutrality. Republicans mad.

12. The Federalists Hamilton & Adams
Trusted elite: classical republicanism
Promote manufacturing & commerce
Pro British
Strong central government
High tariff- internal improvement
Bank of the United States (BUS)
Army and navy

13. Jeffersonian Republicans
Jefferson & Madison
Trusted the common man
Agricultural economy: yeoman farmer
Pro French: pro French Revolution
State’s rights, local rule
Low Tariff, low internal improvements
Afraid of BUS
No standing army

14. Washington’s Farewell
Whiskey Rebellion: Pennsylvania farmers refuses to pay new tax. GW send 15,000 troops to down mob.
Farewell Address:
Avoid political parties
Avoid foreign entanglements