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                           ACCOMPLISHMENTS

·      Federal court system established

·     Political parties developed – Jefferson vs. Hamilton over national government

·     Bill of Rights added to Constitution

·     Plans began for a new capital in Washington, DC

·     Benjamin Banneker – astronomer and surveyor (African American) created design

 

WASHINGTON FAST FACTS

What he organized – His Cabinet Members

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·      Three departments in Executive Branch:

 

1.  State - Jefferson

2.  Treasury-Hamilton

3. War- Knox

Court Appointments

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·      Established national judicial branch

·      Supreme Court – John Jay

·      13 federal district courts

·      3 federal circuit courts

CONGRESS

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·      Adopted the first 10 amendments to Constitution

THE BILL OF RIGHTS

 

WAR

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France VS Britain

 

 

1793 Proclamation of Neutrality

*Washington kept us out of the war.

 

Problems

·     Debt

-Whiskey Tax and Rebellion

- Assumed all debt of the states from Revolution

NATIONAL BANK

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·     Hamilton

-       Government funds

-       Make loans

-       Collect taxes