Washington's Presidency

In the question of foreign affairs, Washington wanted the US too

• assert US power over Europe

• stay neutral

• Side with the French no matter what

• Side with the British to ensure our business interests

Hamilton, Jefferson, Knox an Randolph made up the Washington advisors, presidential advisors are also called...

• the cabinet

• the good ol' boys

• the judicial branch

• the Congress

When farmers in Western Pennsylvania started an uprising over the Whiskey Tax, Washington decided

• to lead 13,000 troops into the countryside to quell the rebellion

• that Hamilton was wrong about the tax and vetoed it

• to place larger tariffs on China

• to write to Daniel Shays to see what he might do

As part of his financial plan Alexander Hamilton wanted to create a

• standing army

• Marine Corps

• national bank

• plan to end slavery

He was the first secretary of the Treasury and one of Washington's most trusted advisors

• Thomas Jefferson

• Edmund Randolph

• Alexander Hamilton

• Ben Franklin

Belief in the Common Man and an agricultural (farming) way of life along with strong state governments and a limited federal government

• Hamiltonian Views

• Jeffersonian Views

• Federalist Views

• Monarchical views

A tax on imported goods is called a/an

• excise tax

• tariff

• progressive tax

• intermediary tax

Taxes on goods like tobacco or whiskey are also called

• excise taxes

• flat taxes

• estate taxes

• income taxes

At the Battle of Fallen Timbers..

• US forces were defeated by Geronimo

• US forces were defeated by Sitting Bull

• US forces gained a victory over the Miami confederacy

• US forces defeated the Communist Chinese

According to the treaty of Greenville...

• the Miami Confederacy agreed to attack the British in exchange for food and supplies

• all US troops were immediately executed

• the US would stay away from the Great Lakes area forever

• the Miami Confederacy agreed to cede (give up) territory in the Old Northwest to the United States