George Washington 1
Federal Judiciary Act 5 Created a court with
5 6 judges.
John Jay7
1st Chief Justice of the US
Supreme Court
Cabinet8: group of experts in different fields who
advise the President
Department of State• Foreign Affairs
• Thomas Jefferson 9.
War Department• Military Matters
• Henry Knox 10.
Treasury Department• Financial Matters
• Alexander Hamilton 11.
Attorney General• Legal Matters
• Edmund Randolph 12.
repay the debts 13.
Washington’s Presidency
Whiskey Rebellion16
Willing and able to put down challenges to its
authority.
Treaty of Greenville 17
Federalist Party• Alexander Hamilton 18 • John Adams 18
Federalist Party• Strong national government
• Supported by big business, and the wealthy.
Democratic-Republican Party
Democratic-Republican Party• Supported by the poor and farmers
• Low taxes
• Few government regulations
• Wanted the people or the states to control most government matters
Opposed Strong National Government
Article 1, section 8,
Elastic Clause 20
Unfair to the poor and unconstitutional
Washington does not join either party
Federalists
Democratic-Republican
Pinckney’s Treaty
Naturalization Act 22.
Alien Enemy Act 23.
Marbury vs Madison
States Rights Doctrine 28.
Louisiana Territory 30.
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