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1 Building the New Nation Mr. Johnson U.S. History

2 George Washington’s Presidency

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4 Washington the Hero

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7 Electing Washington

8 Inauguration in N.Y.C.

9 President & Vice President

10 Domestic Issues

11 Cabinet Henry Knox, Secretary of War Edmund Randolph, Attorney General

12 Cabinet Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury

13 Washington, D.C. Pierre L’Enfant Benjamin Banneker

14 Report on Public Credit Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton Recommendations to pay off debt

15 Hamilton’s Economic Plan Assumption of State Debts Tariffs Excise Tax on Whisky Sale of Government Bonds National bank… Elastic clause

16 Washington & Hamilton

17 Whiskey Rebellion Farmers’ revolt Washington’s response –Sent 12,000 soldiers –Rebellion ends –Power of government to enforce the law

18 Judiciary Act of 1789

19 Indian Affairs

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21 Northwest Indian War 1785-1795 War for control over the Northwest Territory

22 “Mad” Anthony Wayne Battle of Fallen Timbers –U.S. victory –Ended major hostilities until 1811 Negotiated Treaty of Greenville

23 Treaty of Greenville 1796 Representatives from 10 tribes cede much of present day Ohio, Illinois and Michigan

24 Indian Intercourse Act All land west of Mississippi River is “Indian Country” Established “factories” (government-licensed trading posts) Factories were used as military outposts to push Native Americans further off their land

25 Tecumseh “No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers.... Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn't the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?”

26 Tenskwatawa & Tecumseh Shawnee religious leaders, brothers Resistance to American expansion 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe – burning of Prophetstown

27 Death of Tecumseh

28 Foreign Affairs

29 French Revolution

30 Neutrality – France & Britain

31 Citizen Edmond Genet French ambassador Sought aid of Americans to attack British & Spanish ships Denounced by President Washington

32 Jay’s Treaty Problems with Great Britain –Impressment –Western forts –Trade The Treaty –Britain leaves the forts and to trade –Britain does not stop impressment Federalists lose support

33 Pinckney’s Treaty Treaty with Spain –Boundary of Florida at 31 st parallel –Shared navigation of the Mississippi River

34 Pinckney’s Treaty

35 Washington’s Legacy

36 Farewell Address U.S. should avoid –Political Parties –Foreign Entanglements

37 Washington’s Retirement Democracy, not monarchy Two term tradition –FDR – four terms –22 nd Amendment

38 Mount Vernon, Va.

39 The First Party System

40 Washington’s Administration

41 Cabinet – Clashing Views Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury Democratic- Republicans Federalists

42 The First Two-Party System Federalists Democratic-Republicans Issue Government: State or national? Interpretation of the Constitution: Strict or Loose? Tariffs, Banks & Business or farming? Banks: National or State? Defense: Standing Army or Militias? Foreign Policy: Support Britain or Support France? Regions of Support: N, S, E, W? Nullification More important: Order or Liberty? Party Leaders & Presidents Questions 1)Why does the Electoral College encourage a two- party system rather than a multiparty system? 2)Explain how Thomas Jefferson’s election in the “revolution” of 1800 changed the way the federal (national) government operated. NationalState

43 Two Parties


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