The New Republic
Electing a
President (1789)
- President of the
United States: George
Washington- elected
unanimously by the
new electoral college
- Vice President:
John Adams
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Setting Up the
Judiciary
- Judiciary Act of
1789- established a
judiciary, or system of
courts.
- established office
of Attorney General
- First Chief
Justice: John Jay
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Setting up the Cabinet
- group of federal leaders who headed the
major departments of the executive branch and
advised the President

*What were the first four executive
departments? Identify and describe them below.
*What were the first four executive departments?
Identify and describe them below.
1.
2.
3.
4.
The State Department- conducted foreign policy
(Thomas Jefferson)
The War Department- supervised national defense
(Henry Knox)
The Secretary of the Treasury- managed nation’s
finances (Alexander Hamilton)
Office of Attorney General- prosecute and defend
cases on behalf of the federal government
(Edmund Randolph)
*Copy the Diagram of page 194
Whiskey Rebellion 1794
(western Pennsylvania)
- grain distilled into
whiskey
- easier to transport to
eastern markets
- farmers resisted the
excise tax by intimidating
and attacking tax collectors
*Hamilton
commanded 12,000
militiamen to march west
into region.
- rebellion dissolved
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Political Parties Compete for Power
- political parties- groups of people who seek to
win elections and hold public office in order to shape
government policy.
1. Federalists- led by Hamilton and John Adams
2. Democratic Republicans- led by Jefferson
and Madison

*Why would people support Federalists/Democratic
Republican? Is this what the framers of the
Constitution wanted?