Launching a New Nation

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Launching a New Nation

• Chapter 6
• pages 180-205

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George Washington leading the troops during the
American Revolution
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George Washington
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George Washington
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George Washington
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Mount Rushmore
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George Washington
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George Washington
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Washington Monument
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Washington, D.C.
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The New Governmentpages 182-183

• Who were the new leaders in the executive
  branch?
• President-
• Vice-President- John Adams
• Secretary of State-
• Secretary of the Treasury-
• Secretary of War-
• Attorney General-
• 2. To which city did Washington go to be
  inaugurated?

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The Problem of Debt

• In 1791, the national debt was about 75 million.
• 12 million was owed to France and Holland from
  the Revolutionary War
• 40 million was owed to citizens from the
  purchase of bonds
• 25 million was owed to the states from the war
• Alexander Hamilton needed a plan

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Hamiltons ideaspages 184-185

• 1. The national government would assume (or pay)
  the debts of the states.
• (Northern states had a bigger debt, so Southern
  states did not support the idea. A deal was made
  to locate the capital in the South.)
• 2. Congress created a tariff, a tax on imported
  goods.
• 3. Congress passed a tax on distilled liquors,
  the whiskey tax.
• 4. Congress established a Bank of the United
  States in 1791.

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Where is Washington, D.C. located?
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on the border of Maryland and Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
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Rise of Political Partiespage 185

• Federalists

• Republicans

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Rise of Political Partiespage 185

• Republicans
• Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr
• Weak central government
• Fear of one power or ruler
• Against a national bank
• Strict constructionists
• Wanted debt paid off
• landwealth (farmers)
• Wanted to support the French Revolution

• Federalists
• Alexander Hamilton, John Adams
• Strong central government
• Fear of mob rule
• For a national bank
• Loose constructionists
• Wanted to keep debt to establish credit
• moneywealth (businesspeople)
• Opposed supporting the French Revolution

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Jefferson and Hamilton(read the handout and fill
in the chart)
Category Jefferson Hamilton







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Foreign Affairs Trouble the NationWorkbook page
91Textbook pages 190-196

• 1793- Declaration of Neutrality
• 1. What were the reasons for issuing this
  declaration?
• War was not in the new nations interest
  because

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1794- Battle of Fallen Timbers 2. What resulted
from this U.S. victory? 1794- Jays Treaty 3.
What did Britain and the U.S. agree to? 1794-
Pinckneys Treaty 4. What did Spain and the U.S.
agree to?
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George Washington
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Election of 1796
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John Adams

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Thomas Jefferson

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Election of 1800page 197-198

• In 1800, the presidential candidates were ____
  and ____. The Federalist candidate was _____ and
  the Republican candidate was _____. There was a
  tie in the electoral college between ____ and
  ____. ____ was running for vice-president he was
  the running mate of ____. The decision about the
  election had to be decided by ______________.
  ____ became the third president of the United
  States with ____as vice-president.
• The ____ Amendment was added to the
  Constitution as a result of the elections of 1796
  and 1800 leading to one party winning the White
  House.

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Election of 1800
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Jefferson Memorial
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MonticelloJeffersons home
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Trail of Lewis and Clark
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Thomas Jeffersons tombstone
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Thomas Jeffersons tombstone
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The War of 1812pages 202-205

• CAUSES
• American ships are seized by the British.
• The impressment, or kidnapping, of American
  sailors by the British.
• The British incite and support the Native
  Americans with weapons.

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The War of 1812pages 202-205

• EVENTS
• British attack Washington, D.C. and burn the
  White House and the Capitol building causing
  President Madison to flee.
• Admiral Perry defeats the British on Lake Erie.
• Andrew Jackson leads the U.S. to victory in New
  Orleans.
• Francis Scott Key writes The Star Spangled
  Banner.

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The War of 1812pages 202-205

• EFFECTS
• Treaty of Ghent- An armistice, or end to the
  fighting, is declared. Both sides claim victory
  no territory is lost or gained.
• Future treaties resume trade between the U.S. and
  Great Britain and resolve boundary issues setting
  the 49th parallel as the border between U.S. and
  Canada.

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Harriet TubmanAn escaped slave who returned many
times to the South to lead other slaves to
freedom on the Underground Railroad

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Frederick DouglassA former slave who became a
popular speaker, writer and leader he published
The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper.
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William Lloyd GarrisonRadical abolitionist in
the North who published an antislavery newspaper,
The Liberator he founded the American
Anti-Slavery Society.

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Fourth of July speech

1. What does hypocrisy mean?
2. What is the main idea of the speech?
3. What is one detail to support the main idea?

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James Monroe5th president, 1817-1825
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Monroe Doctrinepage 221

• What is stated in the Monroe Doctrine?
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Monroe Doctrine
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Monroe Doctrine
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Monroe Doctrinepage 221

• What is stated in the Monroe Doctrine?
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Missouri Compromisepages 222-223

• Problem Before 1820, the number of slave states
  equaled the number of free states. Missouri
  wanted to be admitted as a slave state increasing
  the power of the South in the Senate.
• Solution
• 1) Maine would be admitted as a free state at the
  same time maintaining the balance of free and
  slave states.
• 2) Territories north of 36 30' N would be closed
  to slavery.

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Missouri Compromise
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Adams-Onís Treatypage 221
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James MonroePresident 1817-1825

• Define
• Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)-
• Missouri Compromise (1820)-
• Monroe Doctrine (1823)-

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John Quincy Adams6th president, 1825-1829
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Andrew Jackson7th president, 1829-1837
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