1. DO IT NOW Pick up a notes packet, reading worksheet and index card. Put your name on the index card On one side of the index card answer: “If you were the first president of the United States what would be the first thing you do?” On the other side list three characteristics you would want in a new leader. And three things you know about the first five presidents

2. 1789-1797 GEORGE WASHINGTON

4. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War One of our Founding Fathers From Virginia---Mount Vernon President from 1789 to 1797

5. READING Read the section titled “The New Government Takes Shape” and answer the first question

6. PRECEDENTS Precedent: something done or said that can be used as an example or rule to be followed in the future the usual or traditional way of doing something Right hand on Bible “so help me God” Inaugural ball Cabinet Two terms Government from NY to Philly

7. CABINET Cabinet: Is to advise the President on certain issues Heads of Departments = secretaries 1 st Cabinet Secretary of State = Thomas Jefferson Secretary of Treasury = Alexander Hamilton Secretary of War = Henry Knox

8. FOREIGN AFFAIRS During 1 st term = French Revolution Americans generally supported French Republic US had alliance w/ France - Britain was seizing American ships Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) – Washington states the US will remain neutral with foreign powers (mainly Britain and France). But they will still trade with them.

9. FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONTINUED Jay’s Treaty – Chief Justice John Jay to GB to discuss impressments GB would leave posts on western frontier (angered pro- French Americans but kept neutrality) Pinckney's Treaty Spain feared US/Brit Alliance Spain opened New Orleans and Mississippi to US duty free Florida’s northern border = 31 st parallel

10. JUDICIARY ACT Washington establishes the supreme court under the Judicial Branch-1789

11. READING Read the sections titled “Hamilton and Jefferson Debate” and “The First Political Parties and Rebellion” and answer the two reading questions that go along with them.

12. HAMILTON V JEFFERSON

13. HAMILTON’S PLAN Hamilton had to come up with a way to pay off the Nation’s Debt. (War, supplies, Army) National Bank – managed debts, national currency, promoted trade, encouraged investment, stimulated economic growth. Bonds: to pay off debt Excise Tax on Whiskey- Sales Tax to make more money to pay off debt

14. HAMILTON’S PLAN Whiskey Rebellion (1794) – Western Pennsylvania Small Frontier Farmers were angry group of farmers refused to pay excise tax and attacked tax collectors Washington federalized 15,000 troops under Hamilton (Jefferson criticized) >> rebellion collapsed w/no bloodshed

15. LOOSE VS STRICT INTERPRETATION Strict What the Constitution says is what it is If it doesn’t say you can do it, then you can’t No wiggle room Gives less power to federal government Loose Constitution is more of a guideline Can be interpreted Gives more power to federal government Implied powers Unwritten Constitution : refers to the ideas and processes that are accepted as a needed part of American government, regardless of the fact that they are not actually in the Constitution.

16. HAMILTON V JEFFERSON Political Parties develop Hamilton = Federalists Jefferson = Democratic Republicans FederalistsRepublicans Washington, Hamilton, Adams Jefferson, Madison

17. HAMILTON VS JEFFERSON Jefferson “Strict interpretation of the Constitution is the best policy because it allows the states to control all affairs within their boundaries. Let the federal government use its powers to deal with foreign concerns only.” Hamilton “The states need not continue to have any great authority. We can all but abolish them and have one government for all the people of the country.”

18. HAMILTON VS JEFFERSON FederalistsRepublicans Washington, Hamilton, AdamsJefferson, Madison Strong Central GovernmentStrong State Government

19. HAMILTON VS JEFFERESON Hamilton “I dreamed of a bustling nation full of commerce and industry; a nation that would makes its mark on history” Jefferson I dreamed of honest farmers tilling the soil in a country-side where people are happy.”

20. HAMILTON VS JEFFERSON FederalistsRepublicans Washington, Hamilton, AdamsJefferson, Madison Strong Central GovernmentStrong State Government Pro-BusinessPro-Farming

21. HAMILTON VS JEFFERSON Jefferson “All powers not expressly delegates to the federal government are reserved to the states and to the people. For congress or the president to take a single step beyond these limits is for them to grasp unlimited power.” Hamilton “The acts of the US must be supreme and binding on stats as well as individuals…As you can see, he favors a federal government bound hand and foot by his strict interpretation of the Constitution, I urge a loose construction.”

22. HAMILTON VS JEFFERSON FederalistRepublicans Washington, Hamilton. AdamsJefferson, Madison Strong Central GovernmentStrong State Government Pro-BusinessPro-Farming Loose InterpretationStrict Interpretation

23. HAMILTON VS JEFFERSON Jefferson “Britain's government… was certainly the most corrupt and unprincipled government on earth.” Hamilton “I believe the British government forms the best model the world ever produced.”

24. HAMILTON VS JEFFERSON FederalistsRepulicans Washington, Hamilton, AdamsJefferson, Madison Strong Central GovernmentStrong State Government Pro-BusinessPro-Farming Loose InterpretationStrict Interpretation Pro- BritishPro-French

25. HAMILTON VS JEFFERSON Hamilton I believe in a broad, flexible interpretation of the Constitution.. So when I backed the attempt by Congress to establish a national bank, he opposed it, despite the fact that the bank was needed.” Jefferson And I believe the Constitution must be interpreted strictly. Nowhere does it give Congress the power to establish such a bank.”

26. HAMILTON VS JEFFERSON FederalistsRepublicans Washington, Hamilton, AdamsJefferson, Madison Strong Central GovernmentStrong State Government Pro-BusinessPro-Farming Loose InterpretationStrict Interpretation Pro-BritishPro-French Favor National BankOppose National Bank

27. WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS No Entangling Alliances No Political Parties Avoid Sectionalism No European involvement

28. QUICK WRITE Answer these two questions on a sheet of paper 1. Why would Washington warn against political parties and entangling alliances? Think about the possible dangers of each. 2. If you were back in the 1790s, which party would you be for; the Federalists or the Republicans? Why? Think about which philosophies you agree with. When you’re done put the index card and your quick write on the front table.