Timeline: Big Picture part 2

Feb 4, 1789

GW elected president (69 delegates) Adams VP (34 delegates

Apr 30, 1789

GW takes the oath of office in NYC

GW 57 years old
struck a happy medium between regal dignity and republican austerity
John Adams by his side
GW's nervous mumbling hardly audible

Period: May 1, 1789 to Sep 11, 1789

GW creates Cabinet from scratch

May 19, 1789

Elias Boudinot (NJ) proposes a department of finance

proposed department becomes the Treasury Dept and
a flash point of controversy in the new government

Period: Jul 14, 1789 to Nov 9, 1799

French Revolution

starts with gory atrocities of Bastille's fall
Jefferson highly selective vision -- focused on hopeful aspects filtered out the carnage
9-21 French Republic proclaimed
events did occur after this...Marie Antoinette executed etc.

Sep 2, 1789

GW signs bill creating Treasury Dept

Sep 11, 1789

H nominated to the Treasury job (34 years old)

Mar 11, 1790

Jefferson sets off to take his Sec of State role

Period: May 10, 1790 to Jun 24, 1790

GW - pneumonia too feeble H de facto head of state

Jul 10, 1790

Residence Act - Capital on Potomac w/ Temp capital in Philly

This was the trade H made giving away NYC as capital location and moving temp capital to Philly

Aug 12, 1790

Gvt offices relocate to Philly

Dec 5, 1792

GW 2nd term, Adams VP (77-50 for Clinton)

Mar 4, 1793

GW sworn in for 2nd term

Apr 8, 1793

Citizen Genet arrives - Charleston, SC

May 16, 1793

Citizen Genet arrives - Philly

H delays debt payments owed France

Jun 5, 1793

Jefferson tells Genet to stop outfitting privateers

Jul 6, 1793

Genet colossal blunder - he rejected the notion of American neutrality

Ask American's to help rig French privateers in US ports
slapping GW in the face
Jefferson's enchantment with Genet disappears

Jul 23, 1793

GW held cabinet meeting to ask for Genet's recall

Period: Aug 1, 1793 to Nov 9, 1793

Yellow Fever epidemic - Philly

5000 dead most due to yellow fever in this time period
by sept end of sep 20,000 people fled

Aug 16, 1793

Jefferson has to draft the letter to France asking for Genet's recall

part of the agreement to keep the stuff about Genet silent

Sep 30, 1793

Jefferson quits- agrees to stay until year end

Oct 11, 1793

Freneau's paper folds due to yellow fever and he steps down as translator

Period: Oct 26, 1793 to Nov 21, 1793

Cabinet met in Germantown, NY due to yellow fever in Philly

GW and H wanted to get back to work (gvt had been suspended)
GW wanted to know if he had the power to change the seat of gvt temporarily.
H said the president could "recommend" meeting elsewhere

Oct 31, 1793

H got wind of violence in France and knew Genet would be killed

GW allowed Genet to stay in US
Genet married Cornelia Clinton
Jefferson exited the cabinet

Nov 6, 1793

British fleet capture 250 American merchant ships, Federalist feel betrayed

Dec 1, 1793

Congress resumes in Philly - would render final verdict on H's conduct as secretary treasurer

Dec 31, 1793

Jefferson's last day as Secretary of State

Failed to eject H from the cabinet and lost GW's favor

May 12, 1794

John Jay sent to England as envoy for a treaty and outstanding issues from Paris treaty

each country would receive most favored nations status = lowest possible duties they traded

Jul 15, 1794

Blood ran in rivers and executions - Monroe arrives in France lauds "heroic valor" of French troops

refugees flooded Philly - 1 in 10 people were French
H felt at home among elegant, reform-minded aristocrats

Aug 1, 1794

Whiskey protesters terrorizing inspectors, erecting guillotines, ready to attack

local farmers believed they bore the brunt of the excise tax and resented the interference of recreational consumption

Sep 9, 1794

GW has enough - put an end to the rebellion and ordered troops to Western PA

Sep 30, 1794

GW and H set off for war heading west to join the troops

Oct 4, 1794

GW and H reach rendez vous location -people now submit to tax w/o coercion

Oct 30, 1794

GW returns to Philly leaving H and Lee to continue

Nov 19, 1794

John Jay signs final version of Jay Treaty and stays until after winter

Jan 31, 1795

H leaves the Treasury job

Feb 25, 1795

H's report on gvt finance became a bill passed by Congress

Mar 7, 1795

Jay Treaty arrives in Philly

Jun 24, 1795

Senate passes Jay Treaty - with article 12 suspended

Jul 1, 1795

Jay Treaty appears in Philly newspaper and creates hullabaloo

Jul 9, 1795

H sends GW detailed analysis of Jay Treaty (requested by GW)

approved first 10 articles, condemned article 12 (restricting trade with West Indies), harsh words for 18(list of contraband good that could be seized
Main message - peace for America

Period: Jul 22, 1795 to Jan 30, 1796

H writes Defense essays - defending the Jay Treaty

Aug 15, 1795

GW signs the Jay Treaty

Oct 30, 1795

GW asks H to write his opening address to Congress

Mar 1, 1796

Madison supports congressional demand for GW to turn over instructions give to John Jay

instructions H pretty much put together
H lists 13 reasons why GW doesn't have to (executive privilege)
By end of March H tells GW to send no response to H of R at all
GW denies Congress the instructions

Apr 30, 1796

H of R eeks out a victory (51-48) for Jay Treaty funding - Defense essays may have been the tipping point

Sep 19, 1796

GW's farewell address (H wrote) appears in Claypoole's publication

meant to be printed not spoken
printed in newspapers across the nation

Feb 1, 1797

Ballots counted - split ticket Adams president (71) Jefferson VP (68)

Pinckney 59 Burr 30
New England solidly for Adams and H's strategy failed with Pinckney losing the New England 18 votes
Adams viewed thin victory a blow to his pride...blamed H and Jefferson
Adams administration never supported by either party

Mar 4, 1797