chapter 6 the new republic. george washington – first inauguration

Chapter 6 The New Republic

George Washington – First Inauguration

Section 1 Government & Party Politics• Washington had no set rules or guidelines to run his

administration• Washington set precedents, or acts and statements

that would become tradition for running the presidential administration

• CABINET: group of presidential advisors who also headed executive departments– State, Thomas Jefferson– Treasury, Alexander Hamilton– War, Henry Knox– Attorney General, Edmund Randolph

• Judiciary Act of 1789: created system of 13 federal district courts, 3 circuit courts of appeals, 6-member Supreme Court, est. Attorney General to represent the US, John Jay first Chief Justice

Section 1 Government & Party Politics• Alexander Hamilton’s Plan

– strong central government is necessary to preserve the union

– wanted a commercial and industrial economy– wanted strong army & navy– sold government bonds to pay national debt rather

than using cash reserves– pay for bonds using excise taxes and high tariffs

(import taxes)– wanted a Bank of the United States

• Find 3 benefits to his plan

Section 1 Government & Party Politics• Interpreting the Constitution

– Loose construction: broad interpretation, doing anything that is not specifically denied in the Constitution, making the government more powerful

– Strict construction: narrow interpretation, sticking to only what is very specifically stated in the Constitution to limit the powers of the government

• Whiskey Rebellion, 1794– PA farmers distilled grains to make them easier to transport

across the mountains to the East– Farmers didn’t want to pay excise tax– Intimidate and attacked tax collectors– National government was powerful enough to put down

rebellion

Venn Diagram: Political Parties

MadisonJefferson

Farmers/tradesmenFavored a French alliance

Strict interpretation of Constitution . Bank of US unconstitutionalWeak central governmentLiked the common man

Hamilton(Washington)

Liked the wealthy elite Favored British alliance

Loose interpretation of Constitution Bank of US constitutionalStrong central governmentDistrusted common man

first political

parties inthe US

Democratic-Republicans Federalists

Major Political PartiesFederalists

(1790-1816)Democrat-Republican

Anti-Federalists

(1791-1824)

Democrats(1825 to Present)

National Republican(1825-1833)

Whig(1834-1854)

Republican(1854 to Present)

Red Jacket, 1792

Illinois side – where the Corps of Discovery began

Looking to Missouri where the Missouri River meets the

Mississippi River

Closer up

It was flooded from all the rains, can you tell?

Ft. Kaskaskia, IL

Site of the fort

Nothing but dirt mounds remain today

Things to KnowThings to Know(for the test)(for the test)

• administration• precedent• strict construction• loose construction• Alexander Hamilton• Democrat-Republican• Whiskey Rebellion• Ohio River Valley Conflicts• John Jay• French Revolution• AYZ Affair• Alien & Sedition Acts• Washington’s Farewell

Address

• Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions

• bureaucracy• John Marshall• judicial review• Impressments• Andrew Jackson• Louisiana Purchase• Lewis & Clark• Tecumseh• War Hawks• War of 1812• Treaty of Ghent

“Battle of New Orleans”Johnny Horton

In 1814 we took a little tripAlong with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp'We took a little bacon and we took a little beansAnd we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans

   We fired our guns and the British kept a coming   There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago   We fired once more and they began to running   Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We looked down the river and we seen the British comeAnd there must have been a hundred of them beating on the drumsThey stepped so high and they made their bugles ringWe stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing

Old Hickory said we could take 'em by supriseIf we didn't fire a musket 'til we looked 'em in the eyesWe held our fire 'til we seen their faces wellWe opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em

Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the bramblesAnd they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't goThey ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'emOn down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted downThen we grabbed an alligator and we fought another roundWe filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behindAnd when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind