1. Launching the New Republic, 1789-1800
Chapter 7

2. A New government The first Congress New York City George Washington
The first Presidential Cabinet

3. The First Cabinet Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of War: Henry Knox

4. National Justice The Judiciary Act of 1789 James Madison
The Bill of Rights
Individual Rights

5. Hamilton’s Economic Policy
Hamilton’s economic objectives
Report on the Public Credit
War Bonds
Taxes
Speculators
Moving the capital.

6. Hamilton’s Economic Policy
The National Bank
National Currency
Tying the rich to the government
Jefferson and Madison opposed the bank
The “Elastic Clause”
Washington’s approval

7. Hamilton Hamilton’s legacy The Federalists
New England, New Jersey, and South Carolina
Opposition to the Federalists
The Jeffersonian Republicans

8. Rebellion The Whiskey Rebellion Pennsylvania Farmers July 1794
The role of George Washington?
The impact of this event?

9. Foreign Policy Spain’s Intentions in North America
New Mexico and Texas
Controlling the Pacific Northwest
The British and Spanish help the Native Americans
Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee

10. Foreign Policy France America becomes divided over France
Reasons for the divide
Washington claims neutrality
British seizure of US ships
Impressment of US sailors

11. Foreign Policy Helping the Natives (British) Jay’s Treaty
Pinckney’s Treaty
The impact of both treaties on American politics.

12. Political Parties Suspicions of the Federalists
Jeffersonian Republicans
Media Bias
Jefferson resigns
Washington’s warnings

13. Party Politics The election of 1796 Jefferson vs. John Adams
Rules for becoming Vice President

14. Foreign Conflicts French Reaction to Jay’s Treaty
Adams sends delegates to France
The XYZ affair
Anti-French sentiment in America
Effects on the Republicans
The Quasi-War

15. Domestic Tension The Alien and Sedition Acts Silencing the opposition
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

16. A new Era The election of 1800 Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr
“High Federalists”
The role of the House of Representatives