Chapter+10+Outlines

=Chapter 10: Launching of New Ship of State= 1) Growing Pains > a.) Constitution of 1789 >> i.) huge population increase > b.) America was rural > c.) unfriendly neighbors 2) Washington for President > a.) George Washington drafted as president >> i.) oath to office - Apr. 30, 1789 > b.) established a cabinet >> i.) Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson >> ii.) Sec. of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton >> iii.) Sec. of War: Henry Knox 3) The Bill of Rights > a.) antifederalists upset with Constitution b/c of no individual rights >> i.) admendments to Constitution by James Madison >> ii.) named Bill of Rights > b.) Bill of Rights included: >> i.) freedom of speech, religion, press >> ii.) right to bear arms, be tried by a jury, petition gov. >> iii.) prohibited cruel punishment, seizure of private property > c.) 9th & 10th Admendments >> i.) protected individual rights 4) Hamilton Revives Public Credit > a.) Hamilton wanted to fix economic problems >> i.) wealthier groups would lend gov. money and support > b.) make national credit >> i.) Congress would fund debts > c.) urged Congress to pay state debts from war 5) Customs Duties & Excise Taxes > a.) large national debt > b.) customs duties (tariffs) to pay interest > c.) excise tax on domestic items (mainly whiskey) 6) Hamilton Battles Jefferson for a Bank > a.) Hamilton proposed bank of United States > b.) Jefferson argued against it >> i.) said states, not Congress, should power banks > c.) Washington signed for national bank - Philidelphia 7) Moonshiners in PA > a.) Whiskey Rebellion >> i.) challenged excise tax > b.) Washington created army to control rebels > c.) in result, gov. strengthened 8) Political Parties > a.) Hamilton's ideas created political weaknesses > b.) Jefferson/Madison opposed Hamilton >> i.) 2-party system emerged (Jeffersonians; Hamiltonians) > c.) competed for power 9) Impact of French Revolution > a.) foreign policy issues > b.) French Revolution began > c.) Britain joined conflict >> i.) "duel for control of Atlantic" 10) Washington's Neutrality Proclamation > a.) America had to help defend France against Britain >> i.) Washington wanted to avoid war & European conflict > b.) Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 >> i.) isolated America from conflict 11) Embroilments with Britain > a.) Britain tried to bring down Americans >> i.) gave firearms to Indians to fight U.S. > b.) Treaty of Greenville between U.S. and Indians > c.) Hamilton's economic hopes depended on British trade 12) Jay's Treaty and Washington's Farewell > a.) Washington sent John Jay to London > b.) Jay's Unpopular Act >> i.) "surrender" to Britain > c.) Washington retired 13) John Adams as President > a.) Adams and Hamilton hated each other > b.) started French conflict 14) Unofficial Fighting with France > a.) French thought Jay's Treaty was step towards British alliance > b.) French demanded $250,000 without settlement assurances > c.) war preparations in U.S. for French 15) Adams Puts Patriotism Above Party > a.) war needed to be avoided > b.) Convention of 1800 >> i.) ended alliance ; peace with France 16) Federalist Witch Hunt > a.) Federalist proposed "Alien Laws" >> i.) requirements for citizenship raised > b.) Sedition Act >> i.) went against freedoms of speech and press > c.) raised federalist support 17) VA/KY Resolutions > a.) compact theory: gov. created states, but indiv. states decided if they exceeded power > b.) Resolutions >> i.) refused to accept Alien and Sedition Acts >> ii.) showed state rights 18) Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans > a.) complete opposites; believed in different ways of life >> i.) Feds: mostly aristotic, wanted central gov. >> ii.) anti-Feds: commoners, wanted to be ruled by the people > b.) conflicts about domestic politics and foreign policy