Chapter10+Outlines+P3

A) Population doubled about every 25 years i) By 1790- 4 million people ii) About 90% rural iii) 95% of people lived east of Appalachian
 * 1) Growing Pains**

A) George Washington unanimously voted president by electoral collage in 1789 i) greeted into New York happily ii) Took oath of office on April 30, 1789 iii) set up a cabinet
 * 2) Washington for President**

A) Anti-federalists didn’t like the constitution because it left out basic rights, like freedom  of religion and trial by jury. i) states ratified it because they assumed it  would be changed to include all those rights B) Amendments could be proposed in 1 of 2 Ways i) a new constitutional convention requested by 2/3 of the states ii) 2/3 vote in both houses of congress C) Bill of rights (first 10 amendments) was approved in 1791 D) Judiciary act of 1789 i) organized the supreme court
 * 3) The Bill of Rights**

A) Alexander Hamilton i) born in West Indies and often accused of not being loyal to the country ii) Urged Gov’t to pay back all debts in full with interest, as well as the states’ debts B) States’ Debts i) Massachusetts had a lot of debt, and Virginia didn’t, and the gov’t wanted  Virginia to assume the debts. ii) The gov’t said Virginia would have Washington DC for assuming the state’s \ Debts
 * 4) Hamilton Revives the Corpse of Public**
 * Credit**

A) National debt was now over 75 million B) Hamilton thought a national debt kept a country unified C) First tariff passed in 1789 i) 8% tax on dutiable imports A) Hamilton wanted a US bank i) Modeled by Bank of England ii) run by national gov’t B) Jefferson didn’t want a bank i) believed that states should control their own banks C) Hamilton and Jefferson had different views of the constitution i) Hamilton believed the constitution should be interpreted loosely ii) Jefferson believed in a strict interpretation
 * 5) Customs Duties and Excise Taxes**
 * 6) Hamilton Battles Jefferson for a Bank**

A) Whiskey rebellion in 1794 i) Effected pioneer types B) Compared to using a sledgehammer to kill a gnat
 * 7) Mutinous Moonshiners in Pennsylvania**

A) Hamilton's ideas created political  weaknesses B) Jefferson/Madison opposed Hamilton i.) 2-party system emerged (Jeffersonians; \ Hamiltonians) C) competed for power
 * 8) The Emergence of Political Powers**

A) foreign policy issues B) French Revolution began C) Britain joined conflict i) "duel for control of Atlantic"
 * 9) Impact of French Revolution**

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
 * 10) Washington's Neutrality Proclamation**

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
 * 11) Embroilments with Britain**

A) Washington sent John Jay to London B) Jay's Unpopular Act i) "surrender" to Britain C) Washington retired
 * 12) Jay's Treaty and Washington's Farewell**

A) Adams and Hamilton hated each other B) started French conflict
 * 13) John Adams as President**

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
 * 14) Unofficial Fighting with France**

A) war needed to be avoided B) Convention of 1800 i) ended alliance ; peace with France
 * 15) Adams Puts Patriotism Above Party**

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
 * 16) Federalist Witch Hunt**

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
 * 17) VA/KY Resolutions**

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
 * 18) Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans**