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simplicity
Ocean of difficulties
Washington is about
the safest maybe not
the best (although you
could make a case for
that) president we have
ever had.
We knew exactly what
we were getting
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Cabinet Government
Philosophies of Hamilton:
1st Conservative
Debt Assumption:
Demonstrates the supremacy of the National
Government
Laid ground work for Civil War?
Establishment of a National Bank?
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modern politics!
Construction of the constitution
Political language, political interpretation and
a reading of the Constitution.
Whiskey Rebellion
The first true test of the Constitutions
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Conflicting Views
National Bank
Ally of Britain
Model our nation after
Britain
Jefferson
Common man
Distrusted privilege
Weak central
government
Democratic govt
Agrarian economy
Support France
Construction of the
Constitution
How should the constitution be interpreted?
Frenchwhat to do?
Native Americans
Problem?
Revolution:
Why do we feel the need for loyalty?
Pinckneys Treaty
Agreed upon with Spain
Britainsimple-stop
the seizure of American
Vessels.
His secondary
missionsecure neutral
alliances if mission 1
fails!
Jays Treaty
No agreement to stop
seizing ships
No agreement to leave
the Ohio Valley (agreed
to extend window by 18
months)
US had to repay British
debts
Ummm
Indian Actions?
Scalping and home
destruction were
common
There destructive
murderous raids
became a major
problem for the new
nation.
Response?
Our response was unkind to the Indians and
Treaty of Greenville
The tribes agreed to surrender their claims to lands in
Presidentestablished a trend.
Urged us in his notable Farewell Address to
avoid Alliances and Factions and threatened
that both could tear apart the Fragile
nation.
The next question becomesWho succeeds
the President?
Republican strategy
A key opportunity: they feared that the
Order of finish:
Adams-71
Jefferson-68
Followed by Pinckney, and Aaron Burr
A political calamitythe Constitution called for candidates 1,
2 to finish Pres. And then VP.
However, the Constitution did not account for the partisan
nature of the new system.
So we have a federalist president, and republican VP.
Presidency of Adams
Characteristics
Good intentioned
Not very talented
Poor judge of character
An average President
XYZ AFFAIR
Continuation of problems with France
Adams and
Washingtonproblem:
Both refused to accept themselves as
Four Acts:
The effected!
course!
Threatened the future of American Party
Politics and its greatest gift: DISCOURSE
Further enhanced the bubbling sectional
conflict that has been brewing since pre
revolutionary dayswhy? Lets look at this
again:
Democratic Republican
forefathers: Madison and
Jefferson.
A movement in southern
legislatures that denounced
the acts as unconstitutional
and their role as parties to
the constitution gave them
the power to
nullifyexercise their rights
of social contract!
James Madison
Further impact
The acts encouraged other states to follow
Election of 1800:
Jefferson a defender of
liberty
A heretic in the eyes of
federalists
An unpopular ally of
France
Result:
Jefferson-73
Adams-65
Only problem-Burr the VP
An unlikely result
Jefferson: saved by the unlikely contribution of his