3.3: The Washington & Adams Presidencies Follow along in the student packet: Content students MUST KNOW to be successful on the GHSGT (pg ) Click Here 1. George Washington 2. John Adams 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. James Madison 5. James Monroe 6. John Q. Adams 7. Andrew Jackson As the 1 st president, Washington established important precedents: Gave legitimacy to the new American govt Created the 1 st cabinet President should serve only 2 terms American neutrality (commitment to keep the U.S. out of wars) Whiskey Rebellion, 1794 1. George Washington 2. John Adams 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. James Madison 5. James Monroe 6. John Q. Adams 7. Andrew Jackson War between England & France hurt American trade; XYZ Affair led to a quasi-war with France Federalists created the Alien & Sedition Acts to silence Democratic-Reps (VA & KY Resolves) Federalists believed in free trade. 2. state banks. 3. a national bank. 4. rule by the people The Whiskey Rebellion and its outcome established that the federal government had the power to 1. impose taxes. 2. enforce federal laws within states. 3. control interstate and foreign trade. 4. modify the interpretation of the Bill of Rights When war broke out between Great Britain and France in 1793, President Washington 1. secretly sided with the French. 2. issued a Proclamation of Neutrality. 3. publicly sided with the British. 4. signed Pinckney's Treaty with Spain Speed! Jefferson said the national government should have the least possible power and exercise the least possible control over the people. This belief resulted in his policies being described as 1. Democratic. 2. Aristocratic. 3. laissez-faire. 4. isolationist Speed! George Washington warned that political parties would 1. divide the nation. 2. create lively debate. 3. help the nation. 4. destroy states' rights Which of the following was not a role filled by George Washington as he served the new nation? 1. Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army 2. Writer of the Declaration of Independence 3. President of the Constitutional Convention 4. President of the United States of America In his Farewell Address, President Washington warned against 1. American involvement in foreign conflicts. 2. a national bank. 3. a strict constructionist interpretation of the Constitution. 4. implied powers in the Constitution Speed!