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Quest of a Hemisp 11
Question | Answer |
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aide-de-camp | an officer on the personal staff of a general, admiral, or other high-ranking commander who acts as his confidential secretary in routine matters |
chancellor | the highest judicial office in the State Supreme Court in 1789 |
ratify | To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. |
acclamation | A shout or salute of enthusiastic approval. |
Edmund Randolph | First Attorney general of the United States; Past governor of Virginia and delegate to Constitutional Convention |
John Jay | First Chief Justice of the United States; lawyer who helped negotiate peace treaty with Great Britain |
Henry Knox | First Secretary of War of the United States; artillery officer who fought during Revolutionary War |
Thomas Jefferson | First Secretary of State of the United States; Writer of Declaration of Independence |
General Arthur St. Clair | a young British officer in the French and Indian War who offered Washington advice. He followed St. Clair's plan and defeated the British at Princeton. He escorted the 1st President on his inaugural procession. |
Alexander Hamilton | First Secretary of the Treasury of the United States; signer of Constitution and aide-de-camp to Washington during revolutionary War |
Chief problem in electing the first President of the United States | Choosing electors since the Constitution did not specify how electors should be chosen. Some were voted on by the people. Others were appointed by state officials. |
How did the new government begin to function? | Washington chose advisors. The Congress approved import taxes to provide revenue to support the government. Congress set up judicial courts. |
Objections to establishment of a Bank of the United States | a federal bank would interfere with a state bank:states had the right to prohibit as well as permit banks; the Constitution did not give the Federal Government the right to enter the banking business in competition with citizen owned banks. |