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| Conducting a census every 10 years | In addition to provide historians with valuable information, determines each state's number of representatives, and taxation purposes |
| Washington being by-far the most respected man in America | The only clear choice to be the first President is George Washington |
| Washington being the first chief executive and the Constitution actually being very vague about the office | Washington established many precedents such as having a cabinet, what to call the president, and a two-term limit that would be followed by future president |
| Alexander Hamilton's financial program | Stabilized the U.S. economy the U.S. economy and greatly improving its credit rating |
| Alexander Hamilton needing southern support for his plan for the assumption of state debts | Hamilton and Jefferson/Madison struck a deal to move the capitol permanently to the Potomac River (Washington D.C.) |
| Hamilton wanting to fund a national debt | Positively impacted the economy because more important people had a financial interest to make sure the federal government was successful |
| Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey | The Whiskey Rebellion |
| The Whiskey Rebellion | Demonstrated the federal government had stronger power in handling crisis's than under the Articles of Confederation and its handling of Shays' Rebellion |
| The Bank of the United States | Was the most controversial of Hamilton's financial program and did much to create divisions between strict and loose constructionists |
| The Founding Fathers' believe that political parties ("factions") were a bad thing for the republic | Proved naïve as several issues created divisions that gave ruse to the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans |
| The Jeffersonian belief in states' rights and a smaller federal government | The Jeffersonians favor a loose interpretation of the Constitution and appeal more to the small farmers |
| The Napoleonic Wars erupted in the 1790s | Test the United States' neutrality despite the fact Washington issued the Neutrality Proclamation |
| The Jay Treaty | Forced Britain to finally evacuate its forts in the Ohio Valley but angered many Americans as it did not mention impressment |
| The British needing to obtain sailors for its Royal Navy | The British practice of impressing American sailors angers the United States |
| Pinckney's Treat | The U.S. is given the right to use the Mississippi River and New Orleans |
| The Battle of Fallen Timbers | The Native Americans suffer a stinging defeat that resulted in the Treaty of Greenville |
| Washington's Farewell Address | Provided a convincing argument for the U.S. to stay out of European affairs until the First World War I |
| John Adams being undercut by his own Vice President (Thomas Jefferson) and his own party (Alexander Hamilton) and having to follow George Washington | John Adams had a very difficult presidency |
| French diplomats demanding bribes from American ambassadors just to negotiate | Outraged Americans in what became known as the XYZ Affair |
| The XYZ Affair | The Quasi War with France |
| The Quasi War | The Adams administration builds up the U.S. Navy, and the Alien and Sedition Acts are passed to stifle Jeffersonian opposition |
| The Alien and Sedition Acts | The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions are penned by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to urge for states rights and nullification |
