Pros And Cons That Led To The Formation Of The Federal Government

After the end of the revolutionary war many patriots feared another abusive parliament and because of that they refused to give such power to the new union. Instead the authority remained in the states. After a short time the powerful states and weak national government had many problems. Right after declaring independence in 1776 congress invited the states to create a constitution. Although all states called for republics they had different ideas on where to have more authority. Some states preferred a unicameral legislature while others preferred a bicameral legislature. In 1777 the continental congress drafted the original constitution for the union of the states which was called the Articles of Confederation. This confederation was led

The new government had a hard start since they had a huge national debt of 52 million dollars. George Washington was unanimously elected president of the United States and John Adams was elected vice president in Washington’s administration. One of Washington’s important legacies was the formation of a cabinet which basically advised the president. Hamilton came up with the idea of new excise taxes and high tariffs to raise revenue for the government. Hamilton’s interpretation of the government was a loose construction while Jefferson and madison where against his ideals favoring a strict construction. Later on Hamilton demonstrated the power of the nation by suppressing the whiskey rebellion. The authors of the constitution wanted to avoid political parties but they eventually happened. Two parties were formed the federalist led by Hamilton and John Adams and the Democratic Republicans led by Jefferson and

In the treaty of Paris the United States had gained a vast territory in the west but this territory brought conflict to them. This territory was the land of the Native Americans and this one’s had support of the British troops to fight back the Americans. The Native Americans were led by the war chief Little Turtle and were able to win some battles. The Native Americans were defeated at the battle of fallen timbers. The American independence influenced in the French revolution and grateful for French help during the American Revolution they now saw France as a fellow republican. In 1792 Washington won reelection without opposition but later on 1796 declined to run again. In 1796 John Adams became president and Jefferson became his vice president. During his presidency the alien and sedition acts were passed which were simply not reasonable and extremely inhumane. Jefferson then later wrote the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions which declared the sedition act unconstitutional. In 1800 Jefferson became president and now John Adams was his vice president and Aaron Burr tied with Jefferson and was left out. Aaron later kills Hamilton in a duel in