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WASHINGTON 



ment North Carolina ratified the Constitution, 

 and in 1790 Rhode Island, the last of the 

 original thirteen, did the same. The Union was 

 further enlarged by the admission of Vermont 

 in 1791 and Kentucky in 1792. In September, 

 1789, the United States Supreme Court came 

 into existence. About the same time the na- 

 tional mint was established at Philadelphia, and 

 the decimal system of coinage was adopted. 

 In 1791 the first ten Amendments to the Con- 

 stitution were adopted. Benjamin Franklin 

 died in 1790. 



The success of the first administration, par- 

 ticularly the President's tact in reconciling 

 personal and political differences among the 

 leading public men, and also his skill in organi- 

 zation, led to a general demand that Washing- 

 ton, in spite of his personal reluctance, should 

 accept a second term. Washington finally 

 yielded, was unanimously reflected, and on 

 March 4, 1793, was inaugurated a second time. 



The Second Term. Washington's first term, 

 though troubled in certain aspects, was peace- 

 ful. The country was giving its time to organi- 

 zation. From the very beginning of his sec- 

 ond term, there was a distinct change. The 

 United States was drawn into the complications 

 of European politics. Great Britain and France 

 at war, and there was one faction in the 

 United States which argued that gratitude, if 

 nothing more, demanded that the United States 

 should assist its late ally. A second party op- 

 posed participation in the war, or even favored 

 giving support to England. Washington issued 

 a proclamation of neutrality, which was insult- 

 ingly ignored by Citizen Genet (see GENET, 

 EDMOND). The Genet incident was followed by 

 the Jay Treaty (1795), which enraged those 

 who approved of Genet's activities. But 

 throughout all thr turmoil Washington held 

 fast to his purpose and saved the country from 

 "entangling alliances" which would probably 

 have endangered the independence of the 

 republic. 



Noteworthy among the other events of this 

 term was the Whisky Insurrection (which >< 

 in Pennsylvania. The effective assertion of 

 Federal authority against the malcontents in 

 Pennsylvania was one of the most important 

 acts of the administration, for it proved beyond 

 doubt that 1 1 nment had power and 



could wield it. Relations with the Indians were 

 troubled. General Hnnuar ni.nl.- an unsuc- 

 cessful expedition agan m tin North- 

 west in 1790, and General Saint Clair sufT. i 

 disastrous defeat in 1791, but Anthony Wayne 



^WASHINGTON'S^- 

 ADMINISTRATION 



First Presidential Mansion, 

 New York City 



Washing 



Citizen Genet, 

 France's Ambitious 

 Trouble-Maker 



Three States 

 Admitted to 

 the Union, 

 Vermont, 1791 

 Kentucky, 1792 

 Tennessee, 1796 



The District 

 of Columbia 

 Located 



The First 



Cotton 



Gin 



Franklin Died. 



1790. 



His Grave in 

 Philadelphia 



