HIST 2055 Chapter : 7 Defining The New Nation
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Sinking fund : the idea was to get the best interest of the wealthy tied to the best interest of the state. It was really expensive to ship corn across the country, so instead, farmers turned their excess corn into whiskey: the whiskey rebellion begins in western pa as a result of the. It is theorized that hamilton would have staged a coup if he had been given control of the army: washington leads the men himself and ends the. John adams in power: election of 1796, first presidential election in which washington does not participate. Jeffersonian and federalist parties: jefferson gets electoral votes from the south and the northwest, but. Jefferson-burr won: this causes the tie to go to the house of representatives, which was controlled by the federalist, who all hate jefferson, they can"t pick between burr and jefferson, but hamilton hated.
