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Early National America
(Jefferson vs. Hamilton)

The ratification of the Constitution did not put to rest the debates between those who wanted a more active federal government and those who favored states' rights. Within George Washington's cabinet, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson battled each other over many issues, including the national bank and government subsidies for manufacturing. The lines drawn between Jefferson and Hamilton formed the basis for the First Two Party System in the United States, which put the Federalists against the Jeffersonian Republicans.

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Jefferson vs Hamilton
The Whiskey Rebellion
George Washington's
Foreign Policy
Washington's Farewell
Address
Adams Administration
"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism."
                                                                                       -- George Washington
 

Jefferson vs. Hamilton: The First Two Party System

Due 2/6/18

George Washington, unbound by considerations of party, put together a geographically and ideologically diverse cabinet that was dominated by Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasury, and Thomas Jefferson, the Secretary of State.  Jefferson and Hamilton had fierce disagreements about the nature of the Constitution and the powers that it granted to the federal government - most notably the power to create a national bank.

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Graphic Organizer

Textbook Reading

AMSCO
109-111, 113-114

Primary Source(s)

Jefferson on Manufactures
(Primary Source)
 

The Whiskey Rebellion

Leave it to Alexander Hamilton to come up with a plan to restore the public credit and make farmers pay for it. Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey made waves in the Pennsylvania backcountry, resulting in the Whiskey Rebellion. The Washington administration's strong response to the rebellion demonstrated the power of the federal government under the new Constitution, but it also energized the opponents of the administration.
Frontier Rebellions
(Graphic Organizer)
Students should complete the Frontier Rebellions graphic organizer that they received when we discussed Shays' Rebellion.

Textbook Reading

AMSCO
113

Primary Source

Hamilton Letter

E-Lecture Available on YouTube

My YouTube teacher friends, HipHughes and MrBettsClass, have also made videos explaining the Whiskey Rebellion. Take a look at these to gain more perspective - or even just to take in MrBettsClass' drawing skills!
 

George Washington's Foreign Policy

As the French Revolution began to shake the foundations of Europe, George Washington found himself stuck between the Federalists, who wanted to strengthen economic ties with Britain, and the Jeffersonians, who wanted to the United States to express solidarity with her sister republic in France. Caught between two extremes, Washington chose the middle path of neutrality. The Citizen Genet affair and the unpopular Jay treaty presented challenges to Washington's administration, while Pinckney's Treaty settled boundary and navigation disputes with Spain.

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Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

Textbook Reading

AMSCO
111-112

PowerPoint Presentation

 

Washington's Farewell Address

After two terms, George Washington decided to leave public life - for good, this time - and return to his farm at Mount Vernon. On the way out, he gave Americans a few words of advice, the most memorable being his warnings against political parties and permanent alliances with foreign nations.

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Notes on Washington's Farewell Address
 

The Adams Administration

When George Washington stepped down from the presidency after two terms, he was followed by his vice president, John Adams, who had the misfortune of becoming the nation's first one term president. The Adams administration was a contentious period in United States politics, as the United States fought a "quasi-war" with France, Congress passed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, and Jefferson and Madison responded with the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.

Primary Source(s)

The VA & KY
​Resolutions
Federalist No. 10
(Madison)
Jefferson Letter to ​John Taylor

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DON'T LAUGH - THEY'RE OLD!
What were you doing in 2012?

Textbook Reading

AMSCO
113-119

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