1. Chapter 7 Democracy In Distress The Violence of Party Politics 1788 - 1800

2. Different Visions For A New America  Read Page 197

3. Washington’s Vision  Non Partisan  Presidents not Kings (self term limited)  Pro-Business and Trade  Strong Federal Government (Whiskey Rebellion)

4.  Read about Hamilton and Jefferson pgs. 203 - 204

5. Alexander Hamilton’s Vision  Strong National Gov’t  Constitution was up to interpretation  Wanted to be close to England  Wished to pay off the war debt (even to speculators)  Creation of a National Banking System  Enjoyed having power

6. Thomas Jefferson’s Vision  Pro Farmer / Agri-Business  Pro French  Fear of Mobocracy  Life is for the living (Wrote and spoke out against a transfer of wealth from one generation to the next)

7. Why the differences? Hamilton vs. Jefferson  Much of the differences was based on an urban vs. rural mentality  Cost Hamilton his friendship with Madison

8. The result  Federalists – Washington, Hamilton, and Adams  Anti-Federalists (Democratic Repulicans)- Jefferson, Madison, and Burr  Our text only calls Anti-Federalists Republicans

9.  When England and France went back to war with each other in 1793 tensions between Hamiltonians and Jeffersonians increased  The U.S. attempted to remain neutral in the war between England and France  Jefferson, Washington’s Secretary of State encouraged President Washington to side with the French

10.  This squabbling led to party politics that still exists today  Madison had warned about “Factions” in Federalist 10  Factions / Parties became an easy non thinking way for the masses to follow politics in America

11. Whiskey Rebellion (1794)  Grain farmers turned whiskey distillers refused to pay tariffs on the whiskey produced  Washington and Hamilton actually took part in the efforts to stop the mini- revolution

12. John Adams  Washington’s VP  Upon Washington’s self imposed term limits Adams become President  Jefferson was his VP because of the way the system was designed at the time

13. XYZ Affair  Read page 215  The U.S. and France fell on bad terms after the XYz affair

14. Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)  These acts were Adams response to the Democratic Republicans treatment of Adams as President  These acts would cost Adams a second term  Look at websites listed on pages 223 & 252 (no mention of Hamilton)

15. The Quiet Revolution of 1800  Jefferson and Burr tie for the Presidency  The Federalist controlled House of Representatives chose Jefferson President  Burr would always blame Hamilton for his not becoming President  They would later duel over the matter