Assignment

Summary

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Cabinet Selection

1789

A  is a group of people who advise the president.  Washington created the first and possibly the greatest cabinet in the history of the nation.  Washington’s cabinet included:

Sec. of State:

 Sec. of the Treasury:

Sec. of War:  

  Attorney General:

Vice President:

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Handling Hamilton’s financial plan & Jefferson’s objection 1790

Hamilton and   had different perspectives on the course  the new government should take (see handout).  Washington got Hamilton and Jefferson to agree to a

   to solve their disagreement over Hamilton’s plan.  The nation would use Hamilton’s                

         plan and the capital would be moved to a new southern city that would later be

constructed and called                            .

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Actions taken to put down the Whisky Rebellion

1794

Part of Hamilton’s financial plan was to place an

excise tax on                          .  Farmers in western P.A. used to turn their corn into whiskey in order to transport their crops across the Appalachians.

When the farmers     to oppose the tax, Washington

lead the   to put down the rebellion.  This action showed the nation that the new federal

government had                         .

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