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washington was inagurated on april 30,1789.
Was the nations first president.
He was called Mr. President |
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| The president had the power to appoint the heads of these departments, who were to assist the president with the many issues and problems he had to face. |
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| Who was the secretary of war and what did they have to do? |
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| Henry Knox and he had to oversee the nations defenses. |
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| who was the secretary of state? |
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| who was the secretary of treasury and what did he have to do? |
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| alexander hamilton and he has to manage the governments money. |
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| in 1794, an american army defeated 2,000 native americans in a clash over control of the northwest territory. |
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| Virginia georgia and southern states already paid their debts and did not like to be asked to help the northern pay theirs.Hamilton and jefferson reached a compromise. In exchange for southern support of the plan, Northerners agreed to place the new nations capital in the south. |
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| what were the 3 things hamilton proposed to improve the nations finances. |
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-paying off all war debts
-raising government revenues
-creating a national bank |
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| the alien and sedition acts |
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| angered by criticism in time of crisis, adams blamed the democratic republican newspapers and new immigrants. many of the immigrants were democratic republicans to silence their critics the federalist congress passed the.... |
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| interpreting the constitution |
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| jefferson and madison believed that the constitution discouraged the concentration of power in the federal government. madison and jefferson believed in a strict interpretation while hamilton believed in a loose interpretation. jefferson and hamilton argued their positions to washington, hamilton won. |
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| in 1789 the french launched a movement for liberty and equality. a financial crisis led by the french people to rebel against their government. france soon declared war on britain, holland, and spain. Britain led the fight against france. |
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| took washingtons vice president to be president. adams and jefferson ran against eachother, adams won by 71-68. thomas jefferson was john adams vice president. |
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| relations with the government of other countries. |
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| a 1794 protest against the governments tax on whiskey, which was valuable to the livelihood of backcountry farmers. |
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| deserving trust or confidence |
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| the art of judging the merits of anything |
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| income of a government or buisness |
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| formal union for mutual benefit |
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| anything given to persuade or influence |
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| the cheif law officer of a country or state |
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| a law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the appalachian mountains |
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| it describes how the northwest territory was to be governed and set conditions for settlement and settlers rights. |
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