History 103 *** AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 *** Oct. 16, 1996

LAUNCHING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

I. Getting Started

• Organization of first Federal Congress
• Washington's inauguration as President
• Controversy over Washington's title
• Bill of Rights

II. Consolidating Power: Hamilton's Program

• Public credit: funding national and state debts
• National Bank
• Report on Manufactures
• Emulation of British model

III. Defending Liberty: Republican Opposition

• Madison's concerns
• Hamilton's early triumphs
• Personal antagonism and political mobilization

IV. The French Revolution Transforms America

• Federalists vs. Republicans re: French Revolution
• Citizen Genet Affair (1793)
• Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
• Jay's Treaty (1794-95)

V. Emergence of the First Party System

• 1796 Presidential election
• Sectional division
• The illegitimacy of opposition