Tuesday, January 6, 2014 Early US Republic Take Out: Writing utensil Notes Today: Early US Republic Washington Heads New Government Homework: Online GW Heads New Government Washington Heads the New Government Remember 1783 - Treaty of Paris signed, ending Rev. 1787 - Constitutional Convention meets 1789 - Constitution ratified 1789-1797 1
Remember 1783 1787 - Treaty of Paris signed, ending Rev. - Constitutional Convention meets GW unanimously elected in 1789 John Adams Vice President will use new Constitution as a guide 1789 - Constitution ratified 1789-1797 GW s Presidency! Constitution as a guide does not include day to day running of government We are in a wilderness without a single footstep to guide us. James Madison Judiciary Act of 1789 Set up Judicial Branch 1 Chief Justice, 5 associate justices also establishes - 3 federal district circuit courts - 13 federal district courts 2
Judiciary Act of 1789 Set up Judicial Branch 1 Chief Justice, 5 associate justices supreme law of the land Supreme Court Today? Executive Branch Originally Only Pres and VP Executive Branch Originally Only Pres and VP The Cabinet: president s chief advisors department heads 3
Executive Branch The OriginalCabinet: Department of State Thomas Jefferson Department of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton Department of War Henry Knox Attorney General Edmund Randolph Hamilton and Jefferson Debate Hamilton and Jefferson Debate 2 men who are very important to development of young USA Had very different ideas 4
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Born 1743 in Virginia Educated at College of William and Mary Lawyer & Plantation Owner Served as VA governor, minister to France, Secretary of State, later VP and Pres Thomas Jefferson Did not trust a big central government power should be in states & local gvts Wanted society of farmer-citizens Ideas supported in South and West Alexander Hamilton Born into poverty in British West Indies Worked as a shipping clerk; later sent to be educated in New York City Captain during Revolution later GW s assistant Lawyer, author of The Federalist Papersand Secretary of the Treasury 5
Alexander Hamilton Jefferson vs. Hamilton Wanted strong, central government led by wealthy & educated elite of upper class Business & industry important to a strong nation What are 2 waysthat Hamilton and Jefferson's views of government differ? Vision of a country like Great Britain 1790 national debt was many millions $$$ Federal gvtshould take on states debt opposed by Southern States 6
1790 national debt was many millions $$$ Create a national bank Bank of the United States Could issue paper money Handle tax receipts & gvt funds Is the Bank of the United States constitutional? Interpreting the Constitution loose vs. strict Interpreting the Constitution loose stronger federal powers vs. strict limits federal powers 7
In the end GW & Congress did agree to establish Bank of the United States But how did Hamilton s Plan pass?! In the end GW & Congress did agree to establish Bank of the United States But how did Hamilton s Plan pass?! COMPROMISE! District of Columbia To win support for Hamilton s Economic plan from the South District of Columbia 1790 Debt Bill & Plan for New City between Maryland and Virginia passed in Congress Move US Capital further South to: a New City! 8
District of Columbia DC Designed by: Pierre L Enfant designed to resemble great cities of Europe Later redrawn by: Andrew Ellicott By 1800 capital now moved to DC As the first president of the United States, George Washington set many precedents, or actions that can be taken as examples for the future. What is one precedent he set? 9
Tuesday, January 6, 2014 Take Out: Writing utensil Notes Today: Early US Republic Washington Heads New Government Homework: Online GW Heads New Government 10