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GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOUNT VERNON
ESSENTIAL CHAPTER QUESTION
ESSENTIAL CHAPTER QUESTION
What challenges did Americans in the new republic confront?
WASHINGTON'S PRESIDENCY
WASHINGTON'S PRESIDENCY
SETTING UP THE GOVERNMENT | CABINET AND COURTS | HAMILTON'S ECONOMIC PLAN
The Constitution established some guidelines, but for the first president, starting up the new government was a complex and difficult undertaking.
The first order of business for George Washington and Congress was to assemble a presidential Cabinet and create a court system.
The United States had to develop an economic strategy for the new nation, but conflicting political points of view made planning difficult.
POLITICS IN THE 1790S
POLITICS IN THE 1790S
POLITICAL PARTIES FORM | COMPETITION FOR TERRITORY AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION | WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS | THE PARTIES IN CONFLICT
Leaders formed political parties to promote their ideas, forming the basis of the modern American political system.
As the young republic pushed west, conflicts both at home and abroad caused a host of challenges for the United States.
At the end of his first presidential term, George Washington wrote a goodbye letter to the American people. Then he ended up running for a second term. The letter—Washington’s Farewell Address—was finally published in 1796.
Political clashes tested U.S. relationships abroad and the constitutionality of laws passed at home.
REVIEW
REVIEW
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Attorney General - (n.) a member of the president's Cabinet, whose primary role is to represent the United States before the Supreme Court
Cabinet - (n.) the heads of the departments that assist the president
Chief Justice - (n.) the head of the judicial branch of the government; presides over the Supreme Court
Inauguration - (n.) the ceremony that marks the beginning of a presidency
National Debt - (n.) the amount of money a government owes to all its creditors, including to other nations and to companies from which it purchases goods and services
Precedent - (n.) a prior event or decision that serves as an example for events or decisions that follow
Tariff - (n.) taxes on imports and exports
Alien and Sedition Act - (n.) a series of four laws passed to keep certain groups from immigrating to the United States; the laws gave the government power to expel aliens living in the United States and targeted U.S. citizens who criticized the U.S. government
Cede - (v.) to give up
Envoy - (n.) an ambassador
French Revolution - (n.) the 1789 rebellion against the French monarchy that sought to put an end to upper-class privilege and demanded equality for the lower classes
Loose Interpretation - (n.) an understanding of the Constitution as one that gives Congress and the president broad powers
Power Base - (n.) an area or group of people providing the biggest influence over a political candidate
Radical - (n.) a person who supports complete social or political change
Sedition - (n.) the act of provoking rebellion
States' Rights - (n.) the concept that individual states have rights that the federal government cannot violate
Strict Interpretation - (n.) an understanding of the Constitution as one in which the Constitution is strictly followed as it was written
Treaty of Greenville - (n.) a treaty between the United States and a number of Native American nations in which the Native American nations gave up their lands in present-day Ohio and Indiana to the United Sates
Whiskey Rebellion - (n.) a series of violent protests among farmers in western Pennsylvania against a tax on whiskey
XYZ Affair - (n.) the meeting with French agents after France began seizing American ships in an effort to prevent U.S. trade with Britain
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