Origins of Politics

Hamilton’s Program Major issues with debt in the new government We owed numerous countries and citizens money from the

Revolution Hamilton used this as an opportunity to promote his political agenda

As a federalist he wanted to expand the federal government’s ability to strengthen the economy

First issue was debt of the North The North still owed lots of war debt while the North had paid back their

debt Hamilton tried to convince the South to help repay national debt Made a deal, if South supported the debt repayment then they would

move the capital from NY to the South in DC

• There was great discussion over the assuming of state’s debt as national debt. Hamilton suggested that it was better to have national debt over individual debt

• Hamilton’s strategy for playing the debt• Tariffs: On imported goods and distilled

liquors (whiskey) • Used taxes to pay running of

government and some to creditors. Felt should only pay a little bit every year so that the nations would continue to be interested in the US

• To complicate matters national bank was created

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Opponents to Hamilton

$Many people did not like Hamilton’s plan, especially because it increased the federal governments power and interfered in state and local affairs.$Some felt the plan was similar to taxes GB had posed to the US$One of the major opponents to Hamilton was Jefferson

$Jefferson believed in Strict construction of the Constitution while Hamilton believed in Loose Construction $Jefferson also disliked how he was in the minority of the cabinet in beliefs and he eventually resigned.

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Foreign Policy Issues The French Revolution caused a stir in America

Although people did not like the violence, they supported the theory of the Revolution

The Citizen Genet: French minister to the US came to convince US to support the French against Britain which they were now at war with Angered American’s because he was asking private citizen to serve in the

French army He was asked to leave but to avoid deportation he married an American Stirred up talk about the support of French

Hard call of who to support the French whose ideals we supported or Britain who had a strong army and we did not want to face again

We decided our best bet was to remain neutral

Trying to Remain NeutralTo help maintain our Neutrality, Washington issued a Neutrality ProclamationThis worked until Britain started to seize neutral trading ships as well as their continued support of Indians in our west led the public to move more to support the FrenchJay’s Treaty: Washington and Hamilton felt it was best to remain neutral so they sent Chief Justice John Jay to London to help work out a peace agreement

This agreement is known as Jay’s TreatyBritain agreed to stay out of Native affairs in the WestBritain refused to stop stopped the ship takeoversAngered many Americans who felt the government was not doing enough to protect the people and that we could do moreDespite the dislike of the treaty it was approved by Congress in 1795

Whiskey Rebellion Many people were angered by Hamilton’s Plan, especially the west

about the Whiskey Rebellion Many people in the west refused to pay the tax because it was one of

the only products to be made from corn that could be easily transported and not spoil It sometimes was even used as currency

Started the Whiskey Rebellion-Closed courts, harmed tax collectors, used it to show dissatisfaction with the government

Hamilton insisted that the military was brought in to put down the rebellion

Washing ordered troops to put down Rebellion in 1794 and it showed that the US government would enforce laws with any means necessary

Jeffersonian Republicans

Those who believed as Jefferson did that the federalist were taking too much power away from the people they formed societies to oppose the federalist

Historically we call these groups the Jeffersonian Republicans

They really began the first political party Political party: a group of people who seek to

win elections and hold public office in order to shape government policy and programs

The Election of 1796 Washington was easily convinced to

run for a second term When it came time to run for a third

term, he faced a lot of criticism and decided to not run for a third

With Washington out of the race it was hotly contested between the two factions on government

It was John Adams and Thomas Pinckney for VP on one side, and Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr on the other The Federalist squeaked by with a

victory to put Adams as President, but Jefferson got the second most votes so he became VP Taken from Eastchester Middle/High School Library