After creating a Bill of Rights‚ the new United States congress turned its focus to the issue of financing the new government. Alexander Hamilton was hired to be the Treasury Secretary by president George Washington. Hamilton made it his duty to develop an economic structure for the United States that would ensure public confidence in the government’s financial affairs. Hamilton didn’t want to implement the constitution verbatim rather using the loose interpretation of it. He believed that a solid
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Antifederalists were advocates for the Articles of Confederation. These parties paved the road for two legacies that still shape America to this day. The Federalist party was founded in 1792. They were derived from the previous party called the Hamiltonians‚ which was started by followers of Alexander Hamilton. The Federalist party was usually of a higher social
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Matthew Kirkpatrick Br. Herb AP American History Period 4 10/8/12 Emergence of a Two-Party System 1789-1808 A two-party system is a political system in which the electorate gives its majority of votes to only two major parties and in which one or the other party can win a majority in the legislature. An example of a two-party system is the United States of America‚ which has the Republicans and the Democrats. For the candidacy to be president‚ the person must have a majority of the party supporting
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The Civil War was one of the most vital points in American History. The Civil War encompassed battle was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Through this moment in history lied‚ the fate‚ of the future‚ of the United States government. This war‚ although possessed many factors‚ events‚ and triggers‚ was truly caused for three major reasons. Arguably the biggest and most important reason why the Civil War was caused‚ was
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Chapter 10 Launching the New Ship of State 1789-1800 Washington for President George Washington was unanimously elected as President by the Electoral College in 1789. He took the oath of office on April 30‚ 1789. He established the cabinet. At first‚ Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson‚ Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton‚ and Secretary of War Henry Knox served under Washington. Bill of Rights James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights and got them passed by Congress in 1791.
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Chapter 10 Launching the New Ship of State‚ 1789–1800 1. New Government Launched a. List two examples used by the authors to illustrate the precarious nature of the new country in 1789: (1) (2) b. Drafted by James __________‚ the first ten amendments to the Constitution (the Bill of __________) are designed to ____________ (enhance or restrict) federal power. Why was such an enumeration of rights one of the first orders of business when the first Congress met in 1789?
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1. The handicaps the Federalists and Adams had running in the election of 1800 was their Alien and Sedition Act arousing a host of enemies‚ although most of these critics were dyed-in-the-wool Jeffersonians anyhow. Also‚ the refusal of Adams to give them a rousing fight with France was a handicap. 2. The Federalists attacked Jefferson in a " whisper campaign" by accusing him of having robbed a widow and her children of a trust fund and of having fathered numerous mulatto children by his own slave
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Chapter 7‚ Outline Essay #1 Discuss the rise of political parties in the United States. Did the Constitution provide for political parties? If not‚ when and why did the two parties develop? Who led and supported each party? Thesis: The rise of the political parties in the United states rose when the Federalist Period of 1789-1800 occurred during George Washington and John Adams’ presidency from the controversial federal policies of Alexander Hamilton. The Constitution did not provide for the political
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OVERVIEW OF THE TIME SPAN: This unit deals with the years immediately following the American Revolution. We will examine the early or “Critical Period” of the new nation as it moved from being a loosely bound group of states to a more solid union of states under the new Constitution. During this period problems in foreign and domestic affairs were dealt with by the fledgling government. YOUR OBJECTIVES: SOURCES: 1. As always‚ become familiar with the people‚ places‚ and events which helped shape
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In order to understand the extent to which Old World ideals are embedded into the fabric of our own institutions it is necessary to search for the truths about the Western discoverers amongst the plethora of myths and nationalistic propaganda. The Columbian legacy is one of discovery and dominion over native peoples‚ the ecological environments that natives were participants of‚ and all natural resources within the new found American paradise. And while it can be said that tribes of humans dominating
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