New Nation

  1. life after george washington

    1. could have served 3 terms but chose not to

      1. because the rule of 2 terms per president did not exist

    2. washington’s farewell address

      1. foreign policy

        1. commercial relations good, political alliances bad

        2. how does that thesis of foriegn policy hold up for the next 100 years?

          1. staying away from policial alliances turns out to be a good decision

        3. why would America stay away from political alliances?

          1. still a new country

            1. not necessary to be with another country

            2. should grow independently

            3. will tie us into potential conflicts we dont wanna be involved in

          2. could rack up debt

    3. john adams

      1. federalist

        1. majority party but fractured 

        2. not a unifying leader like GW

      2. election of 1796

        1. adams win

        2. jefferson 2nd place

          1. VP

        3. what was the electoral system like at the time?

          1. most electoral votes = president 2nd most = vp

          2. not thinking about parties, no political parties at the time 

          3. led to a federalist president and a democratic VP

            1. jefferson doesnt end up doing much

    4. partisan politics

      1. what does it mean?

        1. strong support for a political party and its policies

        2. people often prioritize their party's interests over working together with others, which can make it harder to reach agreements on issues

    5. thomas jefferson

      1. author of Declaration

      2. VA state legislator

      3. VA governor

      4. ambassador to France

      5. secretary of state

      6. VP

      7. President

      8. subject of many political cartoons

          1. eagle trying to take Constitution from Jefferson

          2. Jefferson trying to burn it

          3. says despotism on the barrel

            1. Altar to “Gallic Despotism

            2. what does despotism mean?

              1. authoritarian ruler

  2. election of 1800

    1. federalist: J Adams (incumbent pres)

      1. Charles C Pinckney

    2. Dem-rep Jefferson (incumbet VP)

      1. aaron burr

    3. What was the distribution of electoral votes like?

      1. Jefferson 73

      2. Aaron Burr 73

      3. J Adams 65

      4. Pinckney 64

      5. what influenced this?

        1. southern states wanted slaves to be a part of the population which led to more power voting

  3. lewis and clark exploration (1804-1806)

    1. 3 objectives

      1. find the northwest passage

        1. none exists

      2. document and map all they found

        1. lewis 

          1. 178 new plant species 

          2. 122 new animals

        2. clark

          1. cartographer

      3. establish friendly relations with native americans

        1. knew they would have to make peaceful relations in order to make use of the land

  4. jefferson and indigenous americans

    1. “noble savages”

    2. viewed louisiana as a place for indigenous communities

    3. offered choice

      1. assimilation

      2. move west of mississippi river

  5. war of 1812

    1. accelerates taking of NA land and S, W expansion

    2. accelerates American’s sense of nationality, identity 

      1. leads to monroe doctrine


life under President Washington

  1. not the smartest guy

    1. creates a group of advisors

      1. chief lawmaker

      2. war 

      3. secretary of state (leads foreign relations)

        1. Thomas Jefferson

      4. economy/financial advisor

        1. Alexander Hamilton

          1. economy was very bad prior to Hamtilton

            1. different currencies through different states

            2. lost trade with Britain

            3. inflation

            4. spent a lot of money on the war

              1. soldiers need to get paid 

              2. wealthy people lent money to Continental Congress

                1. U.S in debt

            5. agricultural

          2. Solution to debt

            1. act like it was never there

            2. assume it 

          3. political philosophy

            1. mistrusts common people

            2. government by the aristocracy

            3. nation gov > state gov

            4. support growth of industry and trade

              1. less agricultural based economy

            5. support close ties w England

            6. opposed slavery

  1. Hamilton and James Madison v Thomas Jefferson and James Maddison

    1. TJ and JM 

      1. Democratic Republican Party

        1. small 

    2. AH and JA 

      1. federalist party

        1. strong active nat gov

  2. The New Nation compromises

    1. assumption bill compromises

      1. nat gov would assume debts of states

      2. new capital would be built on border VA/MD\

        1. District of Columbia

    2. national bank?

      1. jefferson

        1. pro farming

        2. thoughts about bank

          1. not possible bc of constitution

          2. will give nat gov too much power

      2. believes nat gov should assume all rev war debt

      3. wants to establish bank

        1. to support growth of industry

        2. argues its possible bc of elastic clause

          1. necessary and proper