1. Take Five… What does the political cartoon represent?

2. Forming the Constitutions 1781-1787

3. State Constitutions State constitutional conventions The Question of sovereignty Terms of office Elected officials Governors Separation of church and state Extending voting rights Exclusion to the rules

4. State Constitutions (Con’t) States’ Bill of Rights Women, slaves and Indians Abigail Adams “Remember the ladies”

5. Articles of Confederation A league of friendship No Executive branch Legislative branch Terms of office Congressional powers Confederation treasury Continentals Tariffs and taxes State powers

6. Western territories Defining boundaries Ceding western territory Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Townships Rectangular survey Thomas Jefferson Slavery in the west

8. Northwest Territory 1787

10. Townships

11. Problems with the Confederation Money Foreign relations Gardoqui Treaty 1784 Vermont Ethan and Levi Allen John Adams Confederation military Alexander Hamilton “defects in the System of the Federal Gov’t” “defects in the System of the Federal Gov’t” Shay’s Rebellion

12. Creating a new Constitution Constitutional Congress “founding fathers” Differing ideals Alexander Hamilton James Madison & John Adams

13. A system of checks and balances Executive branch Electoral college Veto Legislative branch House of Representatives Senate Supreme Court A living document

14. Slavery and the Constitution Article 1 Sec. 9 Three-fifths compromise

15. The process of the Ratification Anti-Federalists North Carolina Rhode Island Other Anti-Federalists Samuel Adams Patrick Henry Federalists Federalist Papers

16. The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights The 1 st Ten Amendments

17. Take Five…what does the political cartoon refer to?

18. Testing a New Nation

19. The First Presidency Setting Precedents “Mr. President” “Mr. President” The Vice President Establishing a Cabinet-mending political differences Attorney General-Edmund Randolph Secretary of State-Thomas Jefferson Secretary of War-Henry Knox Secretary of Treasury-Alexander Hamilton

20. Alexander Hamilton’s Policies Balancing the budget Paying Federal debts Speculators Paying State debts The Assumption bill Compromise and Capital Hill Establishing a Federal Banking system Bank of the United States Officeholders Testing the Constitution Strict construction Broad construction The Protective tariff

21. Washington’s 2 nd Term in office Washington’s Foreign Policy: The French Revolution King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette The Reign of Terror Jacobins Maximilen Robespierre

22. The French Revolution (con’t) American sentiment Pro-revolutionary Jacobin Republicans ConservativesFederalists

23. Great Britain declares war The Alliance of 1778 The legal loophole America declares its neutrality Citizen Genet American privateers Little Sarah Asylum Rule 1756 Opening the French West Indies American merchant marine SeizuresImpressment

24. Attempts at Peace Jay’s Treaty Pinckney’s Treaty

25. Washington’s Domestic Policy Western frontier Isolation and disease Indian wars Josiah Harmer Arthur St. Clair General Wayne Battle of Fallen Timbers

26. Alcohol on the frontier Reasons for frequenting the bottle The Whiskey Rebellion The excise tax Suppressing the “rebellion” Presidential pardons Upholding the power of the Constitution

27. Washington sets another precedent Washington’s Warnings Unresolved issues Conflicting political ideals Legal opposition Sectionalism Foreign policy

28. Alexander Hamilton

29. John Adams

30. Charles Pickney

31. Thomas Jefferson

32. Aaron Burr

33. Political factions in the election of 1796 Federalists John Adams Thomas Pickney Jefferson Republicans Thomas Jefferson Tallying the vote A political fiasco

34. The Presidency of John Adams A misunderstood man The French threat The XYZ affair Charles Pinckney, John Marshall, Elbridge Gerry Charles Talleyrand The “High Federalists” The American Navy Alien and Sedition Acts Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

35. The Election of 1800 Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr James Bayard The Twelfth Amendment