George Washington's Presidency

Cabinet

A group of advisers to the president.

Hamilton's Financial Plan

The government would take the debt of the nations and the states debt, make a national bank, and tax whiskey; made Washington DC the capital

Cabinet

A group of advisers to the president.

Hamilton's Financial Plan

The government would take the debt of the nations and the states debt, make a national bank, and tax whiskey; made Washington DC the capital

Whiskey Rebellion

In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, and several federal officers were killed in the riots caused by their attempts to serve arrest warrants on the offenders. In October, 1794, the army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion. The incident showed that the new government under the Constitution could react swiftly and effectively to such a problem, in contrast to the inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to deal with Shay's Rebellion.

Farewell Address

1796 speech by Washington urging US to maintain neutrality and avoid permanent alliances with European nations

Jay's Treaty (1794)

Treaty signed in 1794 between the U.S. And Britain in which Britain sought to improve trade relations and agreed to withdraw from forts in the northwest territory; did not solve impressment

Pickney's Treaty (1795)

Signed with Spain which, fearing an Anglo-American alliance, granted Americans free navigation of the Mississippi and the disputed territory of Florida.

Political Party

Federalist

Judiciary Act of 1789

In 1789 Congress passed this Act which created the federal-court system. The act managed to quiet popular apprehensions by establishing in each state a federal district court that operated according to local procedures.

Cotton Gin

A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793

French Revolution

The revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.

Citizen Genet

French minister to the US, broke rules of diplomacy by appealing directly to Americans by paying them to harass British