Washington Administration

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Washington Administration

1. Setting the new nations government
2. Domestic Policies conflicts
3. Rise of Political Parties
4. Foreign Policies Conflicts

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Setting up the new Government establishes
precedents.

• Judiciary Act 1789
• Create the federal court system.
• The Bill of Rights
• The Cabinet
• Hamilton Treasury
• Jefferson State
• Knox War

John Jay 1st US Chief Justice
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Domestic Policy Conflicts

• Hamilton Financial Plan Jeffersons objections
• Bank of US
• Protective tariff
• Assumption of State debt federal line of credit
• Pay notes _at_ full value
• Excise tax
• Native Americans
• Battle of Tippecanoe
• British occupation of forts in America

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Rise of Political Parties

• Hamilton Federalists
• Federal power necessary Proper
• Bank of US economic growth
• Federal assumption of state debt
• Britain over France in war
• Protect American Industry with tariff
• Jefferson- Democratic Republicans
• Federal power only listed in Constitution (10th
  Amendment)
• Bank of US unconstitutional
• State debts- South already paid!
• France over Britain
• Tariff hurts poor/common man pays the rich

Alexander Hamilton Leader of the Federalist Party
Thomas Jefferson Leader of Democratic Republicans
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Foreign Policy

• War in Europe
• England over France
• Economic over commitment
• Stall for a generation
• British behaving badly
• Impressments
• Aiding Native Americans on frontier
• Jays Treaty
• Reactions by Demo Republicans

John Jay burns in effigy following Jays Treaty