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MAJOR Problems Post AR
1. Debt2. Useless currency3. Britain and Spain claiming territory “owned”
by the US 1. ORV2. FL
MINOR Problems Post AR
1. Small Army2. No federal court system3. No Navy4. No system for collecting taxes
Alexander Hamilton
1. Secretary of the Treasury2. His plan:
a. Federal government assume all debt from AR instead of individual states being responsible
b. Wanted a FEDERAL bank to1. Issue currency2. Collect taxes3. Hold government’s $4. Regulate private banks5. Make federal loans
Alexander Hamilton’s DEFEATED plans
1. High tariffs2. High bounties3. Encourage immigration4. Federal aid for roads
French Revolution
1. Hamilton supports the British2. Jefferson supports the French3. Washington supports neutrality
Washington’s Administration
1. Genet Affair – French effort to get the US on their side in their war with England
2. Whiskey Rebellion – armed rebellion in Western Pennsylvania
3. Conflict with Native Americans4. Threat of war with Britain
Washington’s Farewell Suggestion
1. Avoid political partisanship2. Avoid entangling alliances with foreign
nations
John Adams’ Presidency
Alien and Sedition Actsa. Naturalization Act – increased residency
requirement for American citizenship from 5 to 14 years.
b. Allowed the president to imprison/deport aliens considered “dangerous”
c. Sedition Act – restricted speech that was critical of the federal government
Thomas Jefferson/James Madison
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutionsstates had the power to declare federal
laws “null and void”
Jefferson’s Election
Federalists (JA) vs Democratic-Republicans (TJ)Tie for the presidency
a. TJ and Aaron Burrb. HofR decidesc. Hamilton supports TJ; Burr never
forgivesd. TJ won on the 36th ballot
Jefferson’s Presidency
1. Slashed army and navy expenditures2. Eliminated most federal taxes3. Cut the price of public lands for sale to private
citizens4. Lower the citizenship requirements down from
14 years (A/S Acts)5. Freed all people from the Sedition Acts6. Judicial supremacy/judicial review7. Acquired the Louisiana Territory in 1803