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Washington in Office: 1790-1796

Washington in Office: 1790-1796. Washington as Politician. The First Inaugural Tradition of message to people and Congress Sets out message of unity, optimism echoed by national tour. Washington as the first real national celebrity. The First Cabinet

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Washington in Office: 1790-1796

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  1. Washington in Office: 1790-1796

  2. Washington as Politician • The First Inaugural • Tradition of message to people and Congress • Sets out message of unity, optimism echoed by national tour. • Washington as the first real national celebrity. • The First Cabinet • Representatives from most major groups. • Adams – VP • Hamilton – President • Jefferson – State • ‘The Era of Firsts’

  3. War and Diplomacy • Northwest Indian War • Confederation Treaties • Noncompliance - settlers • Paris 1783 – Natives? • Chief Little Turtle • Numerous major losses • US military diverted west • Battle of Fallen Timbers • Treaty of Grenville • Expansion of the “Grid” • The Northwest Ordinance and the long-run environment. • Modern-day Ohio, Indiana, etc.

  4. War and Diplomacy • Visit of Citizen Genet • French Revolution • Sympathy and piracy • British Mock Warfare • Aiding Native Americans • Seizure of French goods and American ships carrying those goods. • Need for tariff money from trade with England, Continental Europe. • The Jay Treaty (England) • Removes British troops from Ohio • Establishes clear commercial relationship with England. • Makes possible w/England’s ally… • The Pinckney Treaty (Spain) • Right to use the Missisippi, New Orleans • Right to settle North Florida

  5. War and Diplomacy • Napoleonic Wars in America • Sympathy with Revolutionary cause • France was key ally in Revolution • England as cultural homeland • England as primary trading partner • Remembering our concepts: • The Atlantic World • Albion’s Seed • Levels of History • Continuity and Change

  6. The Hamiltonian Vision • Report on Commerce • Report on Public Credit • Hamilton’s Vision: • Populous land of cities and towns • Banking, industry, and commerce. • People with practical education • Society where people can attain distinction and class and rank. • Government able to take a broad, long view far from the people. • Deep involvement in world trade, military affairs, alliances.

  7. The Hamiltonian Policy Plan • The National Bank • Could issue loans to states, nations • Could take debt from states, nations • Could regulate national currency, taxes • Debt Assumption • Who now owns all the old vouchers? • Encouraging states to look to the center • Forcing people to trust and literally buy in to the national government. • Tariffs vsTaxation • External tariffs encourage counter-tariff • Internal taxation – ‘the excise tax’ • Building a World Power

  8. Hamiltonian Cataract • The Whiskey Rebellion • Success of the excise tax • Who does the tax impact? • Nature of wheat farming. • Culture of the frontier • Increasingly desperate financial situation of farmers. • The Rebellion: 1793-194 • Call the national army… • …Crushing the rebellion • Differences from Shays • Political resistance instead?

  9. Jeffersonian Vision • Notes on Virginia • Letter-Writer Extraordinaire • Cabinet Position • Jefferson’s Vision: • Wide land of small farms • Farmers, mills, and cottage industry • People of deep education, virtue • Society with few class distinctions • Government literally + figuratively close to the people’s ideas. • Government with weaker powers. • Little or no interest or involvement in the world’s military, trade, or politics.

  10. Jeffersonian Program • The Wilderness Road • 1770s and 1780s settlement • Expansion of Virginia territory • Virginia and Kentucky • Small farms and slavery • Land, Agriculture, Expansion • Congressional laws on land sales • Land speculation, class, and wealth • Crops and agricultural development • The Bill of Rights • 1st Amendment • 2nd Amendment • Judicial Amendments • 10th Amendment • Only to the federal government!

  11. The Washington Program • Safeguard the national interest, minimize conflict • Takin’ Care of Business: • Naturalization Act • Location of the Capital • Assumption of Debts • Naval Act, Army Act • Fugitive Slave Act • Judiciary Act • Washington or Congress?

  12. Washington’s Legacy • National Institutions • National Attitudes • National Advice • Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson • Calming the waters?

  13. Washington’s Legacy • Crisis with France • Stronger slave system • Overbalanced Presidency • Momentum of expansion • The turn towards commerce

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