What are the major problems with the United
States?
How does Washington try to solve this?
How are Shay’s rebellion and the Whiskey’s rebellion similar and different?

 April 30 George Washington inaugurated
 Inauguration: ceremony in which president officially takes the oath of office
 Precedent: an act or a decision that sets an example for others to follow
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 Forms a cabinet
Cabinet: heads of departments
5 created: State, Treasury War, Attorney General, & Postmaster
Advice the president
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Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton
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 Federal Court System set up
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Judiciary Act: Start of Supreme Court 1789
John Jay: 1st Chief Justice of the United States

 Huge national debts!
 National Debt: amount of money the government owes to other
 During war the US borrowed lots of $$$$
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•bond: certificate that promises to repay money loaned, plus interest on a certain date.
•Hamilton wanted the government to repay federal and state debts and buy up bonds
•He then wanted to issue new bonds for debt
• He wanted a National Bank to give more crediability
Alexander Hamilton on a National Bank

•James Madison hated Hamilton’s plan
•He thought this would lead to speculations
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•Speculator: someone who invest in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit

•Agreed to build capital city in South
•States agreed to repay state debts
•Start of a national bank: Bank of the United States
•Washington DC was built!

 To help pay off the war debt, Washington started to tax whiskey
 Whiskey is an alcoholic beverage
 The farmers who grew the grain to make the whiskey were angry.
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 Farmers had a hard time getting their grain to market, so they turned their grain into whiskey, which was easier to transport.
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They got more money for the whiskey anyway.
Farmers traded the whiskey for salt, sugar, and other goods.
 Farmers used whiskey as money to get whatever supplies they needed.
 Farmers did not have the money to pay for the tax.

 In the summer of 1794, a group of farmers in Western Pennsylvania rebelled against the whiskey tax and staged the Whiskey
Rebellion.
 One group beat up a tax collector and coated him with tar and feathers.

Why do you think tax collectors were tarred and feathered?

 Alexander Hamilton wanted the government to look strong. He encouraged President Washington to stop the revolt.
 Federal troops marched to Western
Pennsylvania and put down the revolt.
 Washington had proved that the government would deal with people not obeying the law.

Why do you think Washington chose to lead the troops himself?

Does the US have debt?
U.S. Debt Too Big for National Debt Clock
How are we handling our debt issues?
Why is China buying more U.S. debt?

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