Objectives:- Identify the first steps taken by

the Washington Administration- Understand how George

Washington established precedents for other presidents to

follow

Population: 4 million865,000 square miles

(problems?)Westward Expansion

(Kentucky 1792)Rural and agrarianOnly 6 cities of over

8,000 People

First President, everNo models to followConstitution is more of a

limiting document.

It is meant to prevent Washington, and his successors, from becoming tyrants.

It does not guide Washington or the first Congress in how to run the day to day business of government.

The Constitution did not provide for a federal judiciary. It only stated that there should be a Supreme Court.

Congress had to decide how many judges there would be, how long they would serve, and how they would be appointed.

S. Court is the “Supreme Law of the Land”

This Act was one of the first tests of the system of Checks and Balances.

WHY?

First Supreme Court Chief Justice:

John Marshall

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Washington begins his cabinet with 3 departments:

Alexander Thomas Henry Hamilton Jefferson Knox Secretary Secretary

Secretaryof Treasury of State of War

Strong central government, commerce, and industryEconomic Plan:

National Banking SystemNat. Govt. and states owed $ - to countries and private

citizensFederal govt. ate up state’s debts – Why was South

angry?Issue paper money and control taxes

OPPONENTS:Ties govt. to the wealthy!Govt. does not have the power to do this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notJuFGXQ9w&feature=related

In this video, Hamilton is explaining to Jefferson, with both Adams and President Washington listening, the purpose and role of a National Bank.

Why?From Where?Andrew Ellicott

Benjamin Banneker

Catalyst: Hamilton Needs to raise revenue beyond what id being brought in by the protective tariff. In 1794 he passes an Excise tax on Whiskey.

Result: farmers in Western PA. who depended on the manufacture of whiskey (from their grain crop) reacted violently and reused to pay the marshals sent to collect the tax (sound familiar?)

End game: Hamilton, Washington and 15, 000 FEDERAL militia ride west to assert the power of the federal government

KEY IDEA: Hamilton saw the Whiskey Rebellion as an opportunity to show the Federal Governments ability to resolve domestic problems and assert the new government’s authority.

Judiciary Act of 1789Alexander HamiltonCabinetNational bankRepublicanTwo-party systemProtective tariffExcise taxHW: READ CHAPTER 6 SECTION 2 FOR

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