1. HONORS AMERICAN HISTORY MR. TAYLOR Chapter 10- Launching the New Ship of State

2. Growing Pains- America- 1789 Population was doubling every 25 years. Philadelphia- 42,000/ NY- 33,000 90% Rural 95% Lived east of the Appalachians 1791- 15 States Growing population in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio NO controlled by the unfriendly Spanish

3. WASHINGTON, and the 1 st Congress Unanimous choice by the electoral college. Imposing presence- 6’2” Read page 181 1 st Cabinet- Appointed by President and confirmed by the Senate Secretary of State- Thomas Jefferson Secretary of the Treasury- Alexander Hamilton Secretary of War- Henry Knox Bill of Rights and the Judiciary The promise of the Bill of Rights needed to be fulfilled James Madison guided it through Congress Safeguarded some of the most precious American Liberties- Pg 182 Judiciary Act of 1787- Created the federal court system- Supreme Court, 6 Members/ federal and circuit courts/ Attorney General

4. HAMILTON- And the public debt Alexander Hamilton was a financial wizard- Read pgs. 183  Bolster the national credit by paying off ALL national and state debt from the Revolutionary War  FUNDING AT PAR- Pay off all debts at face value, plus accumulated interest- $54 Million  Paying off of State debts as a national obligation- pg 183-84 HOW TO RAISE MORE MONEY 1. Increase in Tariff- Mostly for revenue, some for protection 2. Excise Tax- Mostly from the sale of whiskey - FARMER DISLIKED THE EXCISE TAX- WHY?

5. HAMILTON AND THE NATIONAL BANK Hamilton supported the idea of a national bank  Us Government would be the major stockholder (owner)  Treasury could deposit excess revenue (money)  Print money- Help to develop a sound and stable currency Thomas Jefferson (sec. of State) was against the National Bank  No Constitutional Authority  Only the state has the power to establish the bank- 10 th Amendment  Strict Construction vs. Loose Construction- Read Pg. 195 HAMILTON PREVAILED WITH WASHINGTONS BACKING  Northern Manufacturers supported the Bank  Southern Agriculture was against it  WHISKEY REBELLION AND THE EMERGENCE OF POLITICAL PARTIES- Page 185-186

7. WASHINGTON AND FOREIGN POLICY IMPACT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION- Pgs. 187-190 WASHINGTON’S NEUTRALITY PROC.  Franco-American Alliance 1778- US would defend Fr. West Indies against attack. That is exactly what the British did  Jeffersonian Republicans supported the French  Washington thought America should stay out of the war- pg.190  1793- Neutrality Act- Called for all Americans to remain impartial  Pro-French Jeffersonians were enraged  Pro-British Federalists were encouraged  CITIZEN GENET- Embroilments with Britain  The British continued to control a chain of forts along the NE United States  British agents openly sold weapons to the indians- Little Turtle/ Treaty of Greenville  British began attacking American shipping in the West Indies  Impressment and imprisoning of American sailors Jeffersonians called for war– Hamilton and the Federalists depended on trade with Britain– Supported Neutrality

8. TREATIES WITH BRITAIN AND SPAIN Jay’s Treaty  1794 Washington sent John Jay to Britain to avoid war  The Treaty- pg. 192  Jeffersonians were enraged over the treaty- Seemed like a surrender Pickney’s Treaty  Treaty with Spain over NO and the border Florida and disputed territory  Washington’s farewell- Pg. 193 Election of 1796  Alexander Hamilton was unpopular in certain areas of America- Could not run  Federalists- John Adams  Dem. Rep.- Thomas Jefferson- Whiskey Rebellion and Jay’s Treaty  Page 194- Adams and the election

9. UNOFFICIAL FIGHTING WITH FRANCE FRANCE WAS:  Infuriated by Jay’s Treaty  French warships began seizing American merchant vessels  Paris refused to receive America’s envoy or diplomat XYZ Affair  Page 195  Calls for war  President Adams dealings with France  Infuriated the Federalists-Page 196 Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions  Compact Theory- Nullification  Pages 197-198 Political Parties  See next slide

10. THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES