USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

JAY TREATY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who resigned as Secretary of State because they felt Hamilton interfered with their job?
A
Alexander Hamilton
B
John Jay
C
Thomas Pinckey
D
Thomas Jefferson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington’s Cabinet. He resigned in 1793.

Detailed explanation-2: -Introduction. James Madison was appointed Secretary of State by President Thomas Jefferson on March 5, 1801. He entered duty on May 2, 1801, and served until March 3, 1809.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Compromise of 1790 was a compromise between Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, where Hamilton won the decision for the national government to take over and pay the state debts, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, the called the District of Columbia, for the South.

Detailed explanation-4: -Washington named Thomas Jefferson as his Secretary of State, Henry Knox as his Secretary of War, and Hamilton as his Secretary of the Treasury.

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