Transcript Washington`s Domestic Affairs PowerPoint

GOOD WAY TO THINK
OF USA IN 1789
NATION DEEPLY IN DEBT
NO OTHER NATION WILLING TO HELP
WILL THE NEW
CONSTITUTION
WORK?
POLICIES
DEALING
WITH
EVENTS
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES
DID NOT WANT THE JOB
KNEW HE NEEDED
TO SET AN EXAMPLE
DIGNIFIED
&
RESPECTED
TWO TERMS
ADAMS - VP
JEFFERSON
SEC. OF STATE
HAMILTON - SEC. OF
THE TREASURY
KNOX – SEC. OF WAR
RANDOLPH – ATTORNEY GENERAL
SELL PUBLIC LAND
TO RAISE MONEY
SERIES OF EXCISE
TAXES (WHISKEY)
BONDS (NEW & OLD)
PROTECTIVE TARIFF
BANK OF THE
UNITED STATES
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ASSUMES ALL STATE DEBTS
STRICT INTERPRETATION
–NOT IN CONSTITUTION
IT CANNOT BE DONE!
PAYING SPECULATORS
WOULD HURT THE POOR
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TOO
MUCH POWER – PAY X2?
THE NATION WILL USE
HAMILTON’S PLAN
THE CAPITAL
WOULD BE
MOVED TO
THE SOUTH
FEDERAL CITY
(WASH. D.C.)
BUILT IN THE
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
FIRST REAL TEST OF
THE CONSTITUTION
FARMERS IN P.A.
TURN CORN INTO
WHISKEY IN ORDER
TO TRANSPORT
IT EAST
HAMILTON’S PLAN
TAXES THEM
FARMERS PROTEST & RIOT
WASHINGTON SENDS
13,000 TROOPS TO
STOP RIOTS
PERSONALLY LEADS ARMY
SHOWS THE POWER OF THE NEW
GOVERNMENT & THE CONSTITUTION