It established a government for the Northwest Territory, showed the process for allowing a new state into the Union and guaranteed that new states would be equal to the original 13 states. It was considered to be one of the most significant achievements of the Confederation Congress. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 let the world know that not only was the land north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi rivers would be settled, but it would eventually become part of the United States. The Northwest Ordinance fast-tracked the westward expansion of the United States.
The Bank of the United States received its license in 1791 from the United States Congress and was signed by President George Washington. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, designed the Bank’s charter. He modeled it after the Bank of England. The bank was needed because the government had a debt from the Revolutionary War and each state had a different form of currency. Hamilton considered creating the bank to handle the massive war debt and to create a standard form of …show more content…
In 1798, the Federalists of the U.S. Congress passed four laws in an effort to strengthen the Federal government. John Adams signed them into law. Supporters claimed the acts were intended to protect the United States from alien citizens of enemy powers and to stop rebellious attacks from weakening the government. The Republicans attacked them for being “unconstitutional” and said they were designed to control disapproval of the administration. The laws became a major political issue in the elections of 1798 and 1800. 1. Naturalization Act- required aliens to be residents for 14 years, instead of 5 years, before they became eligible for U.S.