Transcript The New Republic Chapter 6

The New Republic
1789-1816
United States History 1
Mr. Kizoulis
Electing a President
• Electoral College unanimously elected
Washington as President.
• Finishing 2nd in the election was John
Adams, who became Washington’s V.P.
• Cabinet- the president’s team of advisors
and leaders.
• Judiciary Act of 1789- est. court system.
Washington and Adams
Washington’s Cabinet
• Thomas Jefferson
• Secretary of State
• handled foreign
Affairs
• strict constructionist
• opposed Hamilton’s
national bank
• Democratic
Republican
Washington’s Cabinet
• Alexander Hamilton
• Secretary of Treasury
• handled nation’s
finances and debt
• called for a national
bank
• loose constructionist
• Federalist
• closest advisor to
Washington
Hamilton’s Plan
• The new government
inherited $52 million
in debt
• He wanted to create a
commercial and
industrial economy
• Fix our credit
• Wealthy Americans
supported the plan
• sale of government
bonds
• raise taxes
• tariffs
• Bank of the United
States
• Redistribute wealth
from the South to the
North
Opposing Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson and Anti-federalists
opposed plan.
• They believed it supported Northerners
over Southerners
• They claimed that no where in the
Constitution did it state that the
government can create a bank.
• Jefferson said government resembled a
monarchy which benefitted the rich
A Two- Party System
• Federalists
• Believed in a strong central
government
• Supported Bank of the United
States
• Party supported by the North
• Pro-British
• Believed in a strong large
military
• Led by Hamilton and Adams
• Democratic Republicans
• Believed in a weak central
government
• Did not support the Bank of the
United States
• Party supported by the South
• Pro-French
• Believed in a small military
• Led by Jefferson and Madison
The Whiskey Rebellion
• Tax on whiskey
• Washington and
Hamilton led 12,00
troops into PA.
• Most of the people
who were upset over
tax stayed home or
ran away.
Washington’s Farewell
• In 1796 Washington
declined to run again for
a 3rd term.
• He didn’t want the
presidency to resemble a
monarchy
• Warned about political
parties and alliances
• Retired to Mt. Vernon, VA
John Adams
• Won the election of
1796
• Federalist
• Believed in a strong
foreign government
• Alien and Sedition
Acts
• Thomas Jefferson VP
Thomas Jefferson
• Won the elections of
1800 and 1804
• Served 2 terms
• DemocraticRepublican
• Louisiana Purchase
• Retired to Monticello,
VA
Hamilton vs. Burr
Louisiana Purchase
• Bought from France
in 1803 for $15 million
• Napoleon sold it for
money to fund his war
in Europe
• Doubled sized of the
country
• Lewis and Clark
Expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition
• 28 month adventure
to find out exactly
what we purchased
• Sacagawea acted as
an interpreter and
guide
• kept journal entries
and maps