Washington's Presidency

Legislative branch: branch of government that makes the laws
Congress: the legislative branch
Executive Departments: law enforcing unit under the president, the president appoints the chiefs of department and they are approved by the Senate
Cabinet: the presidents advisers who are the heads of the executive departments
Judiciary Act:1789, one of Congress' first laws, established a Supreme Court and other federal courts
Hamilton Financial Plan
French Revolution: Americans generally supported revolution, but concerned with reports of mob violence, US still had an alliance with the French monarchs though, Jefferson and his supporters wanted the US to join the war and fight British ships that were attacking American merchant vessels on the way to France.
Citizen Edmond Genet: French minister who objected to the proclamation of neutrality, broke the rules of diplomacy and appealed directly to the American people for French support. Washington requested he be removed from French government.
The Jay Treaty: 1794, Washington sent Chief justice John Jay to Britain to stop them from seizing American ships, after a year of negotiation, Jay returned with a treaty stating that Britain would leave the western frontier, but didn't mention anything about the ship seizures, outraged French- supporting Americans
The Pinckney Treaty: 1795, in response to Jay Treaty, Spain consolidated its territory in North America, the US minister to Spain, Thomas Pinckney negotiated a treaty in which Spain opened the lower Mississippi River and New Orleans to American trade.
Battle of Fallen Timbers: 1794, US army General Anthony Wayne defeated the Shawnee, Wyandot, and other Native Americans in northwestern Ohio, in the Treaty of Greenville, chiefs relinquished their rights to the Ohio valley
Whiskey Rebellion: 1794, a group of western Pennsylvanian farmers refused to pay the excise tax on whiskey because that was the cheapest way to transport their goods, they attacked the revenue collectors, Washington sent Alexander Hamilton with 15,000 militiamen, and they put down the revolt without bloodshed
Public Land Act:1796, Congress encouraged westward expansion by creating procedures for dividing and selling federal lands out west at reasonable prices
All of the "secretaries"
Henry Knox: Washington's secretary of war
Edmund Randolph: Washington's attorney general
Federal Courts: system of district and circuit courts created by the Judiciary Act, the power to create federal courts was given to Congress
Supreme Court: only federal court mentioned in the Constitution, was created by the Judiciary act, originally had one chief and five associate justices
National Debt: the US needs to pay off its debt to other countries and assume states' war debts
Infant industries: America's new and developing industries
Create a national bank for keeping government money and printing banknotes
Should be supported through tariffs and excise taxes
Tariff:taxes on imported goods
Excise Taxes: taxes on unnecessary luxury items
Proclamation of Neutrality: 1793, Washington, believing that the US was too young and weak to enter a war, proclaimed US neutrality regarding the Revolution.
Jefferson then resigned from the cabinet
Right of Deposit: granted to America so that they could transfer cargo in New Orleans without paying duties to Spain

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