Washington’s Presidency: The Federalist Era
Washington’s Presidency: The Federalist Era
Important Presidential Moves
• Farewell Address
Make up of Presidency
• Cabinet Members
o Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State
o Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of Treasury
• Hamilton v. Jefferson
o Hamilton favored strong central government
o Jefferson favored weak central government and strong state government
Controversies
• National Bank
o Hamilton proposed the bank to regulate and strengthen the economy
• Strict construction v. loose construction
• National debt
• Whiskey Rebellion
o Stifled by the national government – showed the power of the new government
• French Revolution
o Citizen Genet
o Washington promised to remain neutral
Political Actions
• Hamilton’s Plan
o Federal government to assume states’ debts
o Central location for capitol
• Jay’s Treaty
o Established Britain as a trading nation
Legislation Passed
• Judiciary Act of 1789 - established the federal judiciary
• Indian Intercourse Acts - regulated commerce between American Indians and non-Indians
• Naturalization Act of 1790 - provided the first rules to be followed by the United States in the granting of national citizenship
• Residence Act of 1790 - designated Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the temporary capital city of the United States federal government for a period of ten years
• Bank Act of 1791 - established the First Bank of the United States
• Coinage Act of 1792 - established the United States Mint, established the United States dollar, and regulated coinage of the United States
• Militia Act of 1792 - established the various states militia and granted the President the authority to call out the state militia under federal control
• Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 - made it a federal crime to assist an escaping slave, and established the legal system by which escaped slaves would returned to their masters
• Slave Trade Act of 1794 - limited the United States' involvement in the transportation of slaves by prohibiting the export of slaves from the United States
• Naval Act of 1794 - established the United States Navy
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