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Establishment of The New Government
  • Challenges of the New Government.
  • Foreign Threats to the New Government.
  • Continuation of the Government.
  • Difficulties for President Adams.
  • Strengthening the Courts.
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Challenges of the New Government
  • Establishing a Cabinet
  • National Finances
    • Hamilton’s Plan
    • Differing Views
  • The Whiskey Rebellion
  • Establishing the Federal Court System
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Challenges of the New Government
  • Ratification of the Bill of Rights
  • Fighting Indians on the Frontier
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Foreign Threats to the New Government
  • America and the French Revolution
    • America’s Position of Neutrality
    • Citizen Genet
  • Trouble with the British
    • Impressment
    • The Jay Treaty
  • Settling Differences with Spain
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Continuation of the Government
  • Washington’s Farewell
    • Precedents
    • Warnings
    • Death
  • The Election of 1796
    • Candidates
    • Results
  • In Washington’s Shadow
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Difficulties for President Adams
  • The XYZ Affair
    • American Envoys Meet French Agents
    • A Call to Arms
    • War Avoided
  • Federalist Opposition to Adams
    • The Alien and Sedition Acts
    • Opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts
  • The Disputed Election of 1800
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Strengthening the Courts
  • The Appointment of John Marshall
  • The Judiciary Bill and the Midnight Judges
  • Marbury v. Madison