1. Launching the New Ship of State
Chapter 10, American Pageant, 13th ed.

2. DISCLAIMER
What you are about to learn is information regarding the first two Presidents of the United States
All information plays into a larger political divide between Hamiltonian Federalists & Jeffersonian Republicans
Keep this in mind as we start launch our new ship of state!

3. The first “Dubya” – Washington
Federalist ( )
Had common sense, but no brilliance
Unanimously chosen as 1st Pres.
Adams - VP
Jefferson – Sec. of State
Knox – Sec. of War
Hamilton – Sec. of Treasury

4. The first “Dubya” – Washington
Adopted Bill of Rights (1791)
Judiciary Act (1789)
Added Supreme Court, Federal Courts, Circuit Courts
John Jay – 1st Chief Justice of Supreme Court

5. Washington’s Presidency
French Revolution began 1789; Louis XVI beheaded 1793
Great Britain disgusted, enters alliance against French revolutionaries
Franco-American alliance tested
Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
U.S. & is citizens would be neutral
Began U.S. isolationist stance
Kept U.S. out of another “world war”

6. Washington’s Presidency
Hamilton is “Father of the National Debt”
Debt unites people for common cause
Passed excise taxes
Proposed Bank of the United States (1791)
To print money and deposit the Federal Treasury dollars

7. Washington’s Presidency
Whiskey Rebellion (PA 1794)
Excise tax on whiskey; violent protests ensued
Washington rallied troops from several states; put down Whiskey Rebellion
Another of Hamilton’s fiscal policies;
had to pay for national debt

8. Washington’s Presidency
Miami Confederacy (led by Little Turtle)
8 Native American tribes around Great Lakes region (present day Michigan)
Confederacy traded w/Britain, terrorized Americans
Battle of Fallen Timbers
U.S. General Wayne defeated Miami Confederacy
Treaty of Greenville signed (1795)
Miami gave up land in present-day Indiana & Ohio for $20,000 & annual payment of $9000; could also hunt land

9. Washington’s Presidency
GB cut off trade between US & French West Indies; seized US ships
America stayed neutral though it was a divisive issue
Washington sends John Jay (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) to London

10. Washington’s Presidency
Jay’s Treaty w/London
GB would pay for damages for seized American ships (old seizures, not new ones)
GB would leave US soil (they still had outposts in NW)
US would pay debts to British merchants

11. Washington’s Presidency
Pinckney Treaty (1795)
Spain thought US & Britain were allying forces against France; Spain wanted to hop in the bandwagon
US got uninhibited navigation of Mississippi River & Florida
Washington decides he is done and writes his poignant Farewell Address

12. Why hello, John Adams. Federalist (1797-1801)
Ran against Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
Had to deal with France (Jay’s treaty)
French seized American ships
Had to have peace with France

13. Adam’s Presidency XYZ Affair Convention of 1800
Adams sent envoys to France
They were met by X, Y, Z (wanted bribes before negotiations would begin)
US came home empty handed
Adams becomes “Father of the Navy”; fighting was in French West Indies ( )
Adams sent men to talk to Napoleon Bonaparte
Convention of 1800
France & US ended alliance, made nice with Napoleon, avoided war

14. Adam’s Presidency Alien & Sedition Laws
Raised residence requirements for European immigrants to become voting citizens (5yrs. to 14 yrs.)
Imprisonment or deportation of dangerous immigrants during peacetime
Jail or fines for defaming the US, the president or government in general

15. Adam’s Presidency Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions
Drafted by Jefferson & Madison Passed by Kentucky ( ) and Virginia (1798)
National government had exceeded the powers given to it by the Constitution
Encouraged states to refuse the Alien & Sedition Acts.