Week of February 2-5, 2015

A New Nation 

Putting the "NEW" U.S. Constitution to work wont be as easy as some might think...

Executive branch Article II of the U.S. Constitution calls for the election of a leader.

George Washington is unanimously elected by those who could vote.

John Adams came in second place making him the first Vice President of the U.S. 

**As first president, Washington will face many difficulties a war debt, setting up programs to assist in governing, choosing supreme court justices (Judiciary Act of 1789).

**How Washington governs will set precedents for the future of the United States.

Washington's first Cabinet: 

Then                                             and                                      NOW!!!

Secretary of Defense: Henry Knox

Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson

Secretary of Treasure: Alexander Hamilton

Attorney General: Edmund Randolph

Financial Problems

-one of the first issues that Washington will deal with.

-chooses economic expert Alexander Hamilton to be the first Secretary of Treasure

***Hamilton's Financial Plan***

-Pay off war debt

-Federal taxes

-Protective Tariffs

-Industrialized economy

Hamilton's Plan will spark great controversy!