Chapter 10 Flashcards
Washington is elected (yay)
1789
unanimously elected
john adams as vp
the cabinet
the cabinet
secretary of state (jef), treasury (ham), war; attorney general
judiciary act of 1789
supreme court had final decisions
6 judges
established federal judicial system
federal district court in each state
created the attorney general
hamilton’s 1st plan
reports on public credit
excise taxes and custom duties
develop the nation’s credit especially abroad
fund debt by selling bonds (rich invest in gov)
assume state debts so they will buy into the nation
funding on par: pay off w/ interest (always be in debt)
opponents argued wealthy would benefit greatly
broker deal with jef and madison (move capital for votes)
NATIONAL BANKKKKKKKK
safe place for revenues
develop nation’s credit
issue of paper cashmoney
stimulate business
opponents: jef and mad
GW signs into law in 1791 (chartered for 20 yrs)
stock opened to public
ham argued “necessary and proper” clause
Whishkey rebellion
ham’s economic policies benefitted urban and commercial interests
farmers used whishkey for money and was more prfitable than grain
excise tax on whiskey
w penn farmers attacked fed tax collectors
CRUSHED which showed gov power
gw’s foreign policy with EUROPA
French Rev alienates US and France
-gw proclaims nuetrality
Jay’s Treaty (1796)
Pickney’s Treaty (1796)
jay’s treay
1796
removed them brits from NW forts
no compensation for lost slaves
heavily favored english, but averted war for US
was controversial
caused Pickney’s treaty
Pickney’s treaty
established boundries w/ spain
unrestricted trade acess on Miss R and New Orleans
gw’s policy with NAI
battle of Fallen Timberd (1974)
Treaty of Greenville (1995)
gw’s precedents
2 terms
“Mr. President)
Cabinet
Neutrality
speical relationship w/ eng
farewell address
Gw’s fareqell address
preserve treaties + avoid alliances
condemned political parties and partisan conflicts
warned of secionalism to preserve unity
religion and morality + education
Federalists
national policies (strong central gov)
urban commerce and manufacturing
pro-eng/anti-french rev
loose construction
elitist and republicanism
john adams and hamilton
most governors, state legislatures, and congressmen
eanted to expand commericial interests
democratic republicans
egalitarian and liberalism
agricultural and rural
small farmers, merchants, and artisans
pro-French
west and south
jefferson and madison
strict constuction and weak central gov
wanted to strengthen democracy at home
election of 1796
71-68 votes (adam to jef)
adams and the XYZ affair
french siezure of A ships
A delegation to france (john marshall and 2 others)
tried to meet Talleyrand but met XYZ instead
demanded 250000 to see Talley
produced hysteria in US
Quasi War (1797-1798)
adams and the alien and sedition acts
deport or jail forgien citizens seen as threats
increase residency requirement (4-14 yrs)
ciricism of gov prohibited
DRs not happy
election of 1800
political efficacy more than doubled
DRs support increased as F decreased
Adams lost but Burr Jef
smooth transition of leadership signaled the success of te NEW republic
vote: 73-65
america now
families attempted to meet new demands and focused on production w/m old and new markets
new class of entrepreneurs and investors
split b/w manufacturers (ham) + farmers (jef)
pop doubling every 25 yrs and stil 90% rural
all but 5% E of alps
women in the new republic
limited political and property rights
increased marital rights
republican motherhood
natives in the new republic
population and lands severly depleted due to famine, disease and encroachment
taken advantage of by white traders due to unfamilairity w/ A economic system
acts passed to help protect them
impact in the french revolution
at 1st: a’s were like ‘GO FRENCH’
but then there was divide bc it turned bloody
gw’s neutrality proclamation
1793
proclaimed gov’s neutrality and warned A citizens to be impartial
actually benefitted france by sending food to w indies
citizen edmond genet
recruited armies to invade spanish florida and lousiana as well as british canada
tried to appeal over gw and was withdrawn