APUSH chapter 10 - Launching the New Ship of State

APUSH chapter 10 - Launching the New Ship of State

1. Washington's presidency

   • Electoral college unanimously elected (1789)
   • Oath (4/30/1789)
   • Created cabinet
     • Secretary of State
       • T. Jefferson
     • Secretary of Treasury
       • Alexander Hamilton
     • Secretary of War
       • Henry Knox
       • AKA Secretary of Defense
     • - Precedent

2. Bill of Rights

   • James Madison
   • Congress (1791)
   • Judiciary Act
     • 1789
     • Functions: Established 5 cheif justices & 5 associates, federal district, circuit courts, office of attorney general
       • First chief justice John Jay

3. Hamilton