1. AP United States History Unit 2
Birth of a Nation
AP United States History
Unit 2

2. Washington’s Cabinet
President Washington, Henry Knox (War), Alexander Hamilton (Treasury), Thomas Jefferson (State), Edmund Randolph (Attorney General)

3. Naturalization Act of 1790
That any alien, being a free white person…may be admitted to become a citizen…on application to any common law court of record, in any one of the States… and making proof to the satisfaction of such court, that he is a person of good character, and taking the oath or affirmation prescribed by law, to support the Constitution of the United States…

4. Alexander Hamilton (1755?-1804)

5. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
Impose a high protective Tariff
Create a national BANK

6. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results trust in US govt
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
Impose a high protective Tariff
Create a national BANK

7. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
Impose a high protective Tariff
Create a national BANK

8. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
bind states to US govt
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
Impose a high protective Tariff
Create a national BANK

9. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
bind states to US govt
some states already paid debts
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
Impose a high protective Tariff
Create a national BANK

10. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
both were passed
however, North pledged to build new national capital in South
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
bind states to US govt
some states already paid debts
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
Impose a high protective Tariff
Create a national BANK

11. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
both were passed
however, North pledged to build new national capital in South
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
bind states to US govt
some states already paid debts
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
protect and promote industry
would only benefit NE and rich
Impose a high protective Tariff
Create a national BANK

12. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
both were passed
however, North pledged to build new national capital in South
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
bind states to US govt
some states already paid debts
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
protect and promote industry
would only benefit NE and rich
Impose a high protective Tariff
generate revenue
Create a national BANK

13. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
both were passed
however, North pledged to build new national capital in South
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
bind states to US govt
some states already paid debts
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
protect and promote industry
would only benefit NE and rich
Impose a high protective Tariff
generate revenue
would raise prices
would lead to “reciprocal” tariffs
Create a national BANK

14. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
both were passed
however, North pledged to build new national capital in South
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
bind states to US govt
some states already paid debts
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
protect and promote industry
would only benefit NE and rich
tariff was passed at lower rate
Congress also passed excise taxes
no subsidies
Impose a high protective Tariff
generate revenue
would raise prices
would lead to “reciprocal” tariffs
Create a national BANK

15. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
both were passed
however, North pledged to build new national capital in South
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
bind states to US govt
some states already paid debts
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
protect and promote industry
would only benefit NE and rich
tariff was passed at lower rate
Congress also passed excise taxes
no subsidies
Impose a high protective Tariff
generate revenue
would raise prices
would lead to “reciprocal” tariffs
Create a national BANK
allow federal govt to deposit funds
stabilize currency

16. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
both were passed
however, North pledged to build new national capital in South
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
bind states to US govt
some states already paid debts
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
protect and promote industry
would only benefit NE and rich
tariff was passed at lower rate
Congress also passed excise taxes
no subsidies
Impose a high protective Tariff
generate revenue
would raise prices
would lead to “reciprocal” tariffs
Create a national BANK
allow federal govt to deposit funds
stabilize currency
unconstitutional

17. Hamilton’s Plan In favor In opposition Results
Pay off national debt at Face value
trust in US govt
US as worthy investment
benefits rich
sympathy with soldiers
both were passed
however, North pledged to build new national capital in South
Assume the debts of the states
(Assumption)
bind states to US govt
some states already paid debts
Subsidize industry and manufacturing
protect and promote industry
would only benefit NE and rich
tariff was passed at lower rate
Congress also passed excise taxes
no subsidies
Impose a high protective Tariff
generate revenue
would raise prices
would lead to “reciprocal” tariffs
Create a national BANK
allow federal govt to deposit funds
stabilize currency
unconstitutional
BUS chartered for 20 years

18. The Storming of the Bastille (1789)
The French Revolution
The Storming of the Bastille (1789)

19. “Citizen” Edmond Genêt

20. John Jay
Thomas Pinckney

21. Joseph J. Ellis in Founding Brothers
Jay’s Treaty was “a shrewd bargain for the United States. It bet, in effect, on England rather than France as the hegemonic European power of the future, which proved prophetic. It recognized the massive dependence of the American economy on trade with England. In a sense it was a precocious preview of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), for it linked American security and economic development to the British fleet, which provided a protective shield of incalculable value throughout the nineteenth century. Mostly, it postponed war with England until America was economically and politically more capable of fighting one.”

22. Battle of Fallen Timbers
General “Mad” Anthony Wayne

23. Treaty of Greenville (1795)

24. The Whiskey Rebellion (1794)

25. Washington’s Farewell Address

26. Washington on party faction
“It (party faction) serves to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration ...agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one....against another....it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption...thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.”

27. Washington on debt and taxes
“...cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible...avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt....it is essential that you...bear in mind, that towards the payments of debts there must be Revenue, that to have Revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised, which are not...inconvenient and unpleasant...”

28. Washington on alliances
“It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...”

29. Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute!

30. Alien & Sedition Acts
Alien Enemies Act
Allowed the President to deport foreigners he deemed “dangerous”
Naturalization Act
Increased the time required for an immigrant to become a citizen
Sedition Act
Made it a crime to criticize the President, Congress, or US Gov’t

31. Kentucky Resolution 1
That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that, by compact, under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States,…they constituted a general government for special purposes, delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each state to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force…