Presentation about a few of the things established by the first President of the United States, including a little bit about Alexander Hamilton's economic plans

1. WASHINGTON HEADS THE NEW
GOVERNMENT
Section 6.1

2. GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
1. What did the Judiciary
Act of 1789 establish?
 Set up the federal court
system
 determined the number of
judges on the Supreme
Court
 established federal circuit
and district courts
 Allowed state court
decisions involving the
federal Constitution to be
appealed to a federal court

3. GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
2. What departments did Washington create and whom
did he appoint to head them?
State
Thomas
Jefferson
Foreign
Affairs
War
Henry Knox
War/Defense
Treasury
Alexander
Hamilton
Government
Finances
Attorney
General
Edmund
Randolph
Legal
Advisor

4. PHILOSOPHIES OF GOVERNMENT
 Distrusted centralized
power
 Trusted the common people
 Favored centralized power
 Distrusted the common
people
3. How did Jefferson feel
about political power
and the common
people?
4. How did Hamilton feel
about political power
and the common people?

5. PHILOSOPHIES OF GOVERNMENT
 Believed it was
unconstitutional
 Believed it would help to
organize and stabilize
the nation’s finances
 believed it would tie
wealthy investors to the
nation’s success
5. Why did Jefferson and
Madison opposed the
national bank?
6. Why did Hamilton
support the national
bank?

6. PARTY POLITICS
 Republican  Federalist
7. To which party did
Jefferson belong?
8. To which party did
Hamilton belong?
9. Why did Washington distrust the two-party
system?
• He saw political parties as a danger to national unity
and national safety.