It was elected in 1788 and began its first session in March 1789.
What is the First Congress under the Constitution?
The president's advisors are called this - though it sounds like it belongs in a kitchen.
What is a cabinet?
Hamilton's plan was to create protective this
What are tariffs?
Though Americans supported the cause of the French people, they were horrified by mass executions and mob hysteria. So they proclaimed this in 1793
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
Washington's face is on this coin
What is a quarter?
New York City in 1789
What was the nation's temporary capital?
A department head who is in charge of foreign affairs. Thomas Jefferson was the first.
Who is the Secretay of State?
This group of people would gain from high tariffs and a stable U.S. currency
Who are Northern merchants?
He resigned when America proclaimed neutrality in the French Revolution and European Wars.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Washington's wife's first name
What is Martha?
John Adams became the first this in 1789
What is Vice President?
The department head over taxes and the economy. Alexander Hamilton was the first.
What is the Secretary of Treasury?
These people opposed Hamilton's financial plan because they believed it would only benefit the rich.
Who are the anti-federalists?
Chief Justice John Jay was sent to England to stop the British from seizing this
What are American ships?
Washington's face is on the ____ dollar bill
He was the electoral college's unanimous choice for President in 1789.
Who was George Washington?
Edmund Randolph was the first this. His job is like being a lawyer for the country.
What is the Attorney General?
Through Hamilton's financial program, Congress agreed to pay of this
What is the national debt?
The Jay Treaty of 1794 kept this between the U.S. and Britain.
What is peace?
The legend said Washington cut down this kind of tree and told the truth about it
What is a cherry tree?
These two states had not ratified the Constitution when Washington was elected.
What is North Caroline and Rhode Island?
He was the secretary of war and the fort named after him has over $6 billion worth of gold bars inside.
Who was Henry Knox?
Through a compromise, Hamilton and Jefferson agreed to move the nation's capital along this river
What is the Potomac?
The Pinckney Treaty of 1794 opened up this in the Mississippi River and New Orleans.
What is trade?
The truth is that Washington had dentures that were made from ivory or human teeth (possibly slaves), but the myth is that he had false teeth made from this.
What is wood?