Federalist Era

Who was the first president of the United States?

• John Hancock

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

This law created the nation's court system.

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• Alien and Sedition Act

• Supreme Court Act

• Proclamation of 1763

In order to solve the financial crisis, Hamilton proposed...

• paying off ALL Revolutionary War debt.

• asking states to pay their portion of the debt.

• supporting free trade without taxation.

• borrowing money from banks.

Some people opposed Hamilton's financial plan because (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY):

• Speculators would get rich.

• Southern states already paid their debts.

• George Washington disagreed with Hamilton.

• Americans were prosperous and needed no help.

This event involved protests by farmers in western Pennsylvania against a tax and established the precedent of executive authority by the president.

• Shays' Rebellion

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Pinckney's Rebellion

Conflict between Britain and France led to the precedent of

• neutrality

• declaration of war against France

• impressment

• sedition

All of the following were members of Washington's cabinet EXCEPT

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• Henry Knox

• James Madison

George Washington's response to the Whiskey Rebellion:

• The government would use force to maintain order.

• The U.S. would remain neutral in foreign conflicts.

• The kidnapping (impressment) of American naval soldiers

• Revolt against the tax on whiskey

George Washington's view on relations with other countries:

• The government would use force to maintain order.

• The U.S. would remain neutral in foreign conflicts.

• The kidnapping (impressment) of American naval soldiers

• Revolt against the tax on whiskey

British actions that upset the U.S.:

• The government would use force to maintain order.

• The U.S. would remain neutral in foreign conflicts.

• The kidnapping (impressment) of American naval soldiers

• Revolt against the tax on whiskey