DIVIDED CABINET
Thomas Jefferson:
Secretary of State (Foreign Policy)
WASHINGTON
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Sets PRECEDENTS: Traditions to be followed
Picks a "Cabinet"
Cabinet: People who lead the major departments of the Executive Branch and advise the President
HAMILTON
WINS
Congress approves:
Full Funding of Debt
New Taxes
National Bank
To Win Over Southerners:
Moves Capitol from Philadelphia to swamp between North and South
New City: Washington D.C.
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SOUTHERNERS OUTRAGED
Jefferson: Hamilton trying to set up "Kingly Government"
Jefferson: I am "STRICT CONSTRUCTIONIST" of Constitution
You can only do what the Constitution says you can
Hamilton: "LOOSE CONSTRUCTIONIST"
Don't worry about all of the details
THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL
Alexander Hamilton:
Secretary of Treasury (Nation's Finances)
Hamilton's Job:
Pay off Debts
U.S. in major debt
War and Articles left us broke
Hamilton: Don't pay it back!
Sell "bonds" (Pieces of government) to pay interest instead
Raise Taxes on Southerners
Creates "First
Bank of the United States"
Secret Goal: Move money from rich Southerners to Northern Cities
To "Make America Stronger"
WASHINGTON: NO POLITICAL PARTIES
ARGUING WILL DESTROY AMERICA
TWO PARTY
Federalists:
We need stronger government
Democratic-Republicans:
Government has become too strong
Old Anti-Federalists
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THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL
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