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In 1789 George Washington was elected to be the United States very first president by the electoral college. Washington was an excellent candidate because he had widespread popularity and respect, however he took the job reluctantly.
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George Washington, John Adams, the vice president, and about a dozen clerks made up the administration. The administration consisted of the officials in the executive branch of government.
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Madison helped to pass the Judiciary Act of 1789, this act established a system of courts.
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Hamiltons plan to bring the country out of debt was by selling government bonds.
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The group of federal leaders who headed the major departments of the executive branch and advised the president.
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To pay the annual interest on the bonds, Hamilton propossed new excise taxes and high tariffs.
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First it would establish the nations finiancial credibilty, second it would buy political support from the wealthiest Americans, and third it would enrich investors.
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The Southerners were against Hamiltons plan because they wondered why should they pay federal taxes to pay for the northern states? Hamilton justified this by interpreting the constitution.
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Hamilton promised that in ten years the national capitol would move southward to the banks of the Potomac river.
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Mountains made it difficult to transport bulky bushels of grain to eastern markets. So instead people distilled their grain into whiskey, which was more compact and higher in value.
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Hamilton welcomed the oppurtunity to demonstrate the new power of the nation by suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion, Washington agreed.
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The whiskey rebellion and its outcome fueled disaggrement. The Federalists blamed the rebellion in part on a set of political clubs known as the Democratic Societies
