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Building the New Nation Mr. Johnson U.S. History
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George Washington’s Presidency
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Washington the Hero
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Electing Washington
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Inauguration in N.Y.C.
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President & Vice President
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Domestic Issues
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Cabinet Henry Knox, Secretary of War Edmund Randolph, Attorney General
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Cabinet Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury
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Washington, D.C. Pierre L’Enfant Benjamin Banneker
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Report on Public Credit Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton Recommendations to pay off debt
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Hamilton’s Economic Plan Assumption of State Debts Tariffs Excise Tax on Whisky Sale of Government Bonds National bank… Elastic clause
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Washington & Hamilton
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Whiskey Rebellion Farmers’ revolt Washington’s response –Sent 12,000 soldiers –Rebellion ends –Power of government to enforce the law
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Judiciary Act of 1789
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Indian Affairs
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Northwest Indian War 1785-1795 War for control over the Northwest Territory
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“Mad” Anthony Wayne Battle of Fallen Timbers –U.S. victory –Ended major hostilities until 1811 Negotiated Treaty of Greenville
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Treaty of Greenville 1796 Representatives from 10 tribes cede much of present day Ohio, Illinois and Michigan
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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
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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?”
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Tenskwatawa & Tecumseh Shawnee religious leaders, brothers Resistance to American expansion 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe – burning of Prophetstown
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Death of Tecumseh
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Foreign Affairs
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French Revolution
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Neutrality – France & Britain
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Citizen Edmond Genet French ambassador Sought aid of Americans to attack British & Spanish ships Denounced by President Washington
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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
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Pinckney’s Treaty Treaty with Spain –Boundary of Florida at 31 st parallel –Shared navigation of the Mississippi River
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Pinckney’s Treaty
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Washington’s Legacy
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Farewell Address U.S. should avoid –Political Parties –Foreign Entanglements
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Washington’s Retirement Democracy, not monarchy Two term tradition –FDR – four terms –22 nd Amendment
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Mount Vernon, Va.
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The First Party System
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Washington’s Administration
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Cabinet – Clashing Views Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury Democratic- Republicans Federalists
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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
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Two Parties
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