SUMMARY
1. As soon as Washington was inaugurated, Congress proceeded to organize the new government.
2. The Supreme Court and circuit and district courts were established.
3. The departments of State, War, and Treasury were formed.
4. Twelve amendments to the Constitution were proposed.
5. Three financial measures were adopted:
A. A tariff act was passed.
B. The debts of the states were assumed, and, with that of the
Continental Congress, funded.
C. A national bank was chartered.
6. The price of funding was the ultimate location of the national capital on the Potomac.
7. The first census was taken in 1790.
8. The result of the financial measures of Congress was the rise of the Republican party (the forerunner of the present Democratic party).
THE ORIGIN OF POLITICAL PARTIES
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