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Unit 4: Growth of the Young Nation Topic 1: Washington & Adams as Presidents Name: __________________________ Date:__________________ George Washington’s Presidency (1789-1797) Events at Home (Domestic Affairs) Washington’s Cabinet: Creation of Three executive departments (Name & leader) __________ Judiciary Act of 1789 created the ____________ and other Federal Courts __________ __________ Alexander Hamilton’s Financial Plan o Created _________________________________ to promote industry o established _____________________________ to provide the nation with stable currency o created an excise tax on ____________________________ to raise revenue The Whiskey Rebellion (1794): Farmers in western Pennsylvania refused to pay the federal excise tax on whiskey and attacked tax collectors. Washington made 15,000 militia men into federal troops and put down the rebellion. So What?: (What was the Significance of the Whiskey Rebellion?): Events in the World (Foreign Affairs) Washington’s Neutrality Act of 1793 said that the United States: ___________________________________________________________ BUT…Jay’s Treaty – Settled differences with Britain – very Pro-British! Washington’s Farewell Address (1797) George Washington’s final advice to the United States was that the US should: 1. 3. 2. 4. Why? But there were already two political parties: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans The First Political Parties Federalists Democratic-Republicans Bankers and business interests in the North. Farmers, artisans, frontier settlers in the South Leaders View of National Government View of the Economy Supporters John Adams’s Presidency (1797 --1801) Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) The President could imprison or deport _________ (citizens of other countries). People who wrote anything of “a scandalous and malicious nature” against the government could be put in ________. These Acts were used to silence: _________________________________________. The ____________________________________ Virginia and Kentucky declared the Alien and Sedition Acts “_______” because they violated the Bill of Rights. Which Amendment did they violate? _____________ Election of 1800 Adams & the Federalists vs. Jefferson & the Democratic-Republicans — _______________ won. **The election of 1800 was the first American presidential election in which power was peacefully transferred from one party to another**