Units 3-4 Flashcards
Domestic Policy (precedents set)
National bank
Washington
- came up w/ Hamilton
- Helps fund federal govt ideas
Domestic policy (precedents set) Cabinet In const or no?
Group of advisors that advice the president
Not in const
Domestic Policy abt terms in office
Washington
- Limited terms in office as a custom
Domestic policy & warning from Washington
Did we follow
- no political parties
Foreign Policy - another warning - did we follow
Washington
- No foreign entanglement (don’t get involved in foreign conflicts) we followed
Foreign Policy abt Tariffs
Washington
allows tariffs on imports
Cabinet details: Secretary of State (who and deals with what)
Under Washington
- diplomacy issues
- Jefferson
Cabinet details: secretary of treasury (who and deals with what)
- Hamilton
- Finances
Cabinet details: secretary of war (who and deals with what)
Under Washington
- Henry Knox
- In charge of military operations
Cabinet details: attorney general (who and what)
Under washington
- endmund Randolph
- Legal issues
Financial plan excise tax (who and what aka)
- by Hamilton
- Aka assumption plan
- Tax on luxury items
How does Hamilton justify the National bank?
- with the 18th power - elastic clause
- Elastic clause says that changes r allowed to be made if need and necessary and Hamilton felt that way
What does the assumption plan say?
Made by who
- federal govt will assume debt if all states and take all of their money
Secretary of treasury - hamilton
What was Hamilton’s reason for the National bank?
unify states and improve credit of us
How will Hamilton improve credit of us and unify them?
- take the debts of each state from revolutionary war into national debt
- Would allow for the US to borrow $$ from other nations and increase the dependence of states upon fed govt
Who was the idea of the National bank opposed by?
-states who had little to no debt
What did Washington issue during French Rev? What did he believe unlike who
- Procolomatuon of Neutrality in 1793
- Didn’t believe Americans should get involved unlike Jefferson
What did Britian continue to do? Who was sent? What was a result from this?
- seize American ships and impressing American sailors who were bound for France
- Sent John jay to correct this
- As a result Jays Treaty
What is Jay’s treaty?
- British agreed to give up their posts on the western frontier if American territory
Who did Jays Treaty bother? What did they begin to do? As a result?
- Spain bc it looked as if the US was getting comfortable with the enemy - meaning they will lose an alliance
- Spain worked to strengthen their holding in the west by expanding its mission settlements especially in Cali
- Pickey Treaty - 1795
Two parts to Pinckney Treaty ( abt Spain allowing America to do something and agreed abt something)
- Spain allowed for Americans to use port @ new role and for trade along Mississippi river
- Agreed southern border of US would fall along the 31st parallel
Who was it hard to stop? What did this led to?
- land Hungry Americans who wanted to move west and settle in Ohio river valley
- This led to conflicts w/ American Indians who claimed that land