george washington's foreign and domestic policies
EQ: how did the domestic and foreign policies of George Washington’s presidency bridge the new nation together or tear it apart?
George Washington was a president upon a hill. He set a first-rate example for future presidents by making difficult yet necessary decisions for the developing nation. His words and actions have resonated throughout history and can be seen through feats of other presidents. Some notable acts of Washington include his domestic and foreign policies, selection of the first presidential cabinet, helping the nation’s financial crisis, deciding whether to follow in Great Britain’s or France’s footsteps, his dealings with rebellion, and he even made a lasting impression through his farewell speech of which the words have echoed through centuries. Washington’s prolonged stay in office helped bridged the nation and gave it its foundation for what it is today.
Washington was a wise man; he knew he couldn’t run the nation by himself so he appointed a cabinet. It was composed of Vice President John Adams, Secretary of War Henry Knox, Attorney General Edmund Randolph, and perhaps the two most dissimilar members, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. This was a landmark decision on Washington’s part because Hamilton and Jefferson were polar opposites; Hamilton was a Federalist and Jefferson was an Antifederalist. Hamilton believed in a loose interpretation of the constitution so that anything that needed to be done that would improve that state of the nation could be accomplished. Since America was in such bad debt from the American Revolution, Hamilton came up with the idea of a National Bank. Washington was definitely for this idea because of his foreign policy: he believed that when it came to other countries, you should stay neutral; neither support them too much nor start conflicts with them. In other words, he wanted to repay America’s debt in order to stay on good terms with the
George Washington was a president upon a hill. He set a first-rate example for future presidents by making difficult yet necessary decisions for the developing nation. His words and actions have resonated throughout history and can be seen through feats of other presidents. Some notable acts of Washington include his domestic and foreign policies, selection of the first presidential cabinet, helping the nation’s financial crisis, deciding whether to follow in Great Britain’s or France’s footsteps, his dealings with rebellion, and he even made a lasting impression through his farewell speech of which the words have echoed through centuries. Washington’s prolonged stay in office helped bridged the nation and gave it its foundation for what it is today.
Washington was a wise man; he knew he couldn’t run the nation by himself so he appointed a cabinet. It was composed of Vice President John Adams, Secretary of War Henry Knox, Attorney General Edmund Randolph, and perhaps the two most dissimilar members, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. This was a landmark decision on Washington’s part because Hamilton and Jefferson were polar opposites; Hamilton was a Federalist and Jefferson was an Antifederalist. Hamilton believed in a loose interpretation of the constitution so that anything that needed to be done that would improve that state of the nation could be accomplished. Since America was in such bad debt from the American Revolution, Hamilton came up with the idea of a National Bank. Washington was definitely for this idea because of his foreign policy: he believed that when it came to other countries, you should stay neutral; neither support them too much nor start conflicts with them. In other words, he wanted to repay America’s debt in order to stay on good terms with the