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as president geogrge washington did a lot to

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give the office respect and dignity, and implant his own reputation for integrity and honor into the position

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washington's cabinet, with whom he met with oftn was

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knox for dept of war
hamilton for secretary of treasury
jefferson as sec of state
jay as chief justice
randolph for attorney general

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the first congress

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passed the bill of rights, 10 amendments to the cons tit

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one striking omission from the bill of rights was

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the right to vote

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women's new found civic role was as

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republican mothers-- women's education was newly encouraged because better mothers would make better, more patriotic male citizens
gender roles became unaltered

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cotton production skyrocketed in the 1790's because of

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the invention of the cotton gin

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a surge of _________stimulated the 1790's economy

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road building and grain production

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the sudden upturn in the economy suggested that the government might soon be able to pay off it's war debts but alexander hamilton suggested that

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the debts should never be fully paid off. keep good credit, but also keep debt which would bind the ocuntyr together. assume all the state etc debts into one national debt everyone paid off and therefore consolidate federal power over the states.

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hamilton's suggestion to assume state debt and spa=read it over the country was controversial because

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some states had their debts paid off and thought it was unfair to pay others (power grab? to subordinate states?) large debt wold lead to large taxes

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how was hamilton finally able to pass his economic proposal about assumption of debt

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by agreeing to put th e nation's capital on the banks of the potomac

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hamilton thought that a national bank should be chartered and be

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like the bank of england , a private co. for public good
the federal government would hold 20%of the stock and the rest would be held by private investors

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hamilton's plan to encourage domestic manufacturing

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was not passed

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in order to help pay the interest on the national war debt hamilton suggested

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a 5% tax on whisky paid by the farmer on his grain and then reflected by higher prices on the finished whisky
unpopular and hard to collect

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hamilton's tax on whiskey led to the

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Whiskey rebellion--revolt of western farmers and and whiskey drinkers--they planned a march on pittsburg vanquished by the militia mobilized by washington

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washington's repines to the whiskey rebellion was to

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head 13,000 troops into Pennsylvania to stop them
let the government flex muscles and prove that it would not be fazed by civil disobedience

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sinclair was responsible for

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the worst loss of the USA in the indina wars
replaced by mad anthony waynewho beat beat the indians at the battle of fallen timbers

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after wayne won the battle of fallen timbers

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the treaty of grenville was worked out, the americans offered treaty goods to create indian dependency and alliance, in exchange, the indians gave up most of ohio.
TEMPORARY PEACE

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the liquor given to the indians through the treaty of greenville

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killed many of them`

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during this time the french

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were engaged in the french revolution

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when england and france went to war in 1793 washing decided to

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stay neutral with th e
neutrality proclamation
made many people at home angry

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when GB captured american ships because they had been trading with the french west indies (GB and france were at war)

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washington sent JOhn Jay over to england to negotiate a treaty

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the jay treaty was supposed to get

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compensation for seized cargoes, reimbursement to southern planters whose slaves had become free in the fight with GB and make GB get out of frontier forts

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John Jay's treaty ended up

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failing to a dress the captured cargo and the lost slaves
granted the british 18 months to leave
made americans pay debts planters owed to GB firms from before the war
in exchange for limited west indies trading rights
passed with misgivings

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the hatian rebellion occurred during this time

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instilling americans with fears of slave rebellions

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washington thought that political parties

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should not exist for a unified government

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a party contest plait along

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the pro british vs. pro french lines
feds republicans

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in response to the jay treaty, which was GB friendly

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france retaliated by abandoning it's revolutionary war alliance and allowed french ships to stop american ones carrying GB goods

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after france's bad reaction to the jay treaty

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president adams sent 3 men to france to negotiate, they met with FR agents X,Y, Z, who demanded a bribe and a loan which were rejected by americans--quasi war

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the quasi war

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was started by adams, the first undeclared war with france

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because of the quasi war, republicans (pro french)mobs roamed the capital--adams, fearing for his safety moved to muffle the opposition with

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the alien and sedition acts, which made conspiracies or revolts illegal and penalized those who wrote or said anything against the president or congress
the alien acts made the wait for citizenship longer and required fed registration

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to oppose the alien and sedition acts, because they didn't have the votes to repeal them, Jeff and Madison wrote

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the virginia and kentucky resolves
resolutions condeming (they ewere against the bill of rights) the acts
set forth the idea that state governments could nullify laws that were against perosnal liberties