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The Federalist Era

The Federalist Era. Washington and Adams. Washington as President of a New Nation. “A Heart Filled with Distress” The 1 st Cabinet Department of State – Thomas Jefferson Department of Treasury – Alexander Hamilton John Jay’s Supreme Court The Need to Raise Revenue.

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The Federalist Era

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  1. The Federalist Era Washington and Adams

  2. Washington as President of a New Nation • “A Heart Filled with Distress” • The 1st Cabinet • Department of State – Thomas Jefferson • Department of Treasury – Alexander Hamilton • John Jay’s Supreme Court • The Need to Raise Revenue

  3. Hamilton’s Financial Plan • Establishing Public Credit • Emerging Sectional Differences • The 1st National Bank • Encouraging Manufactures • Hamilton’s Successes • Retiring war debt • Renewed influx of foreign capital • Flourishing economic growth

  4. The Republican Alternative • Hamiltonian Federalists v. Jeffersonian Republicans • Particular areas of conflict: • Tax on whiskey • Proposal for national bank • “Report on Manufactures” • Jefferson and Hamilton were, in many respects, opposites

  5. Foreign Crises • The French Revolution and Napoleon • Citizen Genet • Jay’s Treaty

  6. Domestic Crises • Frontier Tensions • The Whiskey Rebellion • Pinckney’s Treaty

  7. Settlement of New Land • Land Policy • The Wilderness Road

  8. Washington’s Farewell • Called for unity, decried partisanship • Warning against permanent foreign entanglements • Election of 1796

  9. Adams and the Conflict with France • Middle ground between Hamilton and Jefferson • Inherited an undeclared war • XYZ Affair • Strengthened American defenses

  10. Increased Partisan Tensions • Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 • Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

  11. The Revolution of 1800 • Republican victory • Judiciary Act of 1801 • The Virginia Dynasty and sectionalism

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