1. Launching the new ship of state (1789-1800)

2. The First President George Washington did not seek the presidency Electoral College unanimously chose him to be president John Adams became vice president George Washington takes the oath of office at Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan, April 30, 1789

3. Washington’s Cabinet Thomas Jefferson (VA) – Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton (NY) – Secretary of Treasury Henry Knox (MA) – Secretary of War Edmund Randolph (VA) – Attorney General

5. First Amendment – Free speech, press, religion, petition, & assembly

6. Second Amendment – Right to bear armsJames Madison

8. Protected the rights of the accused

9. Allowed for jury trials

10. No cruel & unusual punishment

11. Reserved powers to the people and the statesJames Madison

13. Chief Justice = John Jay

14. State Federal District Courts

15. Authorized Supreme Court to review state court decisionsChief Justice John Jay

18. Some states (MA) supported the proposal, but others (VA) had already paid their debts

21. Help regulate state banksDoes the Constitution give the federal government the power to create a national bank?

23. Instead, this was a power reserved to the statesThomas Jefferson

25. Washington agreed and signed the Bank bill into law Alexander Hamilton

27. Washington led a militia of 13,000 to stop the rebels

29. France Edmond Genet was received as a French diplomat Washington declared American neutrality in the European war Citizen Edmond Genet

32. Evacuate military posts in the West

33. Pay damages for lost cargoes

34. The British did not agree to stop seizing American ships in the futureChief Justice John Jay

37. 31o Parallel = US boundary with FloridaThomas Pinckney

38. Farewell Address Condemned political parties Warned of entangling alliances, especially the growing conflict in Europe Established precedent of the 2-term presidency George Washington

39. John Adams From Massachusetts Served as a member of the Continental Congress Worked as a diplomat to France during the American Revolution Washington’s vice president Federalist John Adams

40. Election of 1796

46. Foreigners could be jailed or deported during wartime

48. Aimed at war newspapers critical of the Federalists

50. If the national government overstepped its powers, states could nullify lawsWritten by James Madison (VA) & Thomas Jefferson (KY)

52. Native Americans Settlers living in the Northwest Territory continued to fight with the Native Americans in the region Native Americans, led by Little Turtle, twice defeated US forces.

53. Native Americans The British helped to supply Native American resistance. In 1794, “Mad” Anthony Wayne led US forces to victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

55. $9,000 annually

56. Right to hunt the land

57. Recognition of their sovereign status