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Constitution Takes Effect
Article VII of the Constitution established the process for ratification, by simply stating that. “The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.” On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify; and the Confederation Congress established March 4, 1789, as the date to begin operating a new government under the Constitution. -
George Washington's Inauguration
With his charisma and his image as a national war hero, George Washington was the logical pick for the position of the President of the United States. Even though there was a split between the two factions, the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, over the principles of government, Washington was seen as a representative of the whole population of the New Republic. Party politics had not been part of the political atmosphere of the United States. -
Period: to
Federalist Era
Called so because the government in this period was run on the basis of the Federalists' agenda. It witnessed the movement towards a stronger national government. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
vested the federal judicial power in the Supreme Court
and “in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time
to time ordain and establish.” The Judiciary Act of 1789
was the first attempt by Congress to establish inferior federal courts. President George Washington signed the
act on September 24, 1789
