The document summarizes key aspects of Washington's first cabinet, including the roles and responsibilities of Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State, Edmund Randolph as Attorney General, and Henry Knox as Secretary of War. It also discusses Alexander Hamilton's role as Secretary of the Treasury and his proposals for establishing the nation's capital in Washington D.C. and implementing taxes. Early treaties with England and Spain are outlined as well as details about John Adams becoming the second president.
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1. The First Cabinet
Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of State
• In charge of foreign affairs
• Helped work out treaties &
agreements with other
countries
• Became the 3rd president
Edmund Randolph
Attorney General
• Advises the president on
legal matters
• Attorney for the
government
2. The First Cabinet
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
• In charge of the Army & the
Navy
• Later this post would be
called Secretary of Defense
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of the Treasury
• Oversee financial affairs
• Pay off war debts
• Brilliant in money matters
3. Washington D.C.
(District of Columbia)
• Located in the South between Maryland & Virginia
• Thomas Jefferson & Alexander Hamilton worked this
compromise out
• The Southern states agreed to help pay the war debts
4. Taxes
Tariff
• Hamilton proposed a tax on
imported goods
• Hoped to raise money & help
establish American business
• Did not produce enough
revenue
Excise Tax
• When the tariff failed to
produce enough money,
Hamilton proposed an excise
tax
• This would products made in
America
5. Early Treaties
The Jay Treaty
• Washington sent Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court John Jay
to England
• England agreed to withdraw
its troops and give up its forts
around the Great Lakes.
• It didn’t deal with the issue of
England taking American
sailors.
The Pinckney Treaty
• The coast of the Gulf of Mexico
belonged to Spain
• Spain controlled trade along the
Mississippi River
• Spain signed a treaty with
Thomas Pinckney settling the
area in the Florida panhandle and
making New Orleans a free port
6. John Adams
• Became the 2nd
president
• Ran as a Federalist
• Ran against Thomas
Jefferson who was a
Democratic-Republican
• Jefferson became his
Vice President
• They had once been
friends but now
disagreed over many
things
8. Unpopular Laws
• President given power
to expel any foreigner
with the Alien Act
• Freedom of speech and
freedom of the press
were taken away with
the Sedition Act