America’s 1st President (1789) Challenges: To Define the authority of the ____ government Create a stable ____ system Pay off debts. Maintain national security Conduct ____ relations Creating a ____ Cabinet: group of ____ for the President Secretary of the Treasury: $$Alexander Hamilton $$ Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson In charge of relations with foreign countries. Attorney General: Edmund Randolph Secretary of War: Henry Knox ____ Grew up ____ in the Caribbean & did not trust ____ to be in charge of the government. George Washington’s aid during ____. ____ Grew up ____ on a plantation in ____. Wanted ____ to be in charge of the government. Member of the Continental Congress and author of the Declaration of Independence. Setting ____ Precedents What to call the President: “____” Number of terms Served: ____ Added ____ to the oath Hamilton’s Plan Repay national and state ____. Create a ____. Place a tax on ____ to raise money Place a protective ____ on U.S. goods so Americans would buy U.S. goods over foreign ones. ____ Debt Plan The Plan was to ____ state & national debt The ____ government would then pay the bill. Problem: ____ states had already paid off their debt Did not want to help other states pay off their debt. Whiskey ____ Hamilton put a new ____ on ____. Farmers in ____ refused to pay tax Washington personally led the ____ to put down the rebellion but the rebels fled before any fighting started. Showed ____ of ____ government COMPROMISE Hamilton and Jefferson have to work together. ____ agreed that if the ____ is moved to the ____, Hamilton’s debt plan would be ____. Commissioners overseeing the capital's construction named the city in honor of ____. The federal district was named Columbia, which was a poetic name for the United States commonly used at that time. Washington’s Farewell Address In his “____” (going away speech) he challenged the country to: Stay away from ____ as they just ____ the country keep a policy of ____ (NO ____) so that we do not get pulled in to foreign wars.

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