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• President of the Constitutional Convention• Elected US President in 1789-1797 (Did not
have opposition to his election)
• Selects a Cabinet: leaders or advisers in the executive departments.
• Support National Treasury• Pay debt from Revolution• Federal government to take over state’s debts• Borrow/lend money to foreign nations• Supports Whiskey Tax (Sin Tax) to pay off war debt• Use of troops to end rebellion• Neutrality• Two terms only