MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE WHISKEY REBELLION
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Thomas Jefferson
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Alexander Hamilton
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John Adams
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Edmund Randolph
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Detailed explanation-1: -Knox, Hamilton, and Randolph all left the cabinet during Washington’s second term; Randolph was forced to resign during the debate over the Jay Treaty. Timothy Pickering succeeded Knox as Secretary of War, while Oliver Wolcott became Secretary of the Treasury and Charles Lee took the position of Attorney General.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Adams was elected to the Vice Presidency in 1789, he spent the next eight years in obscurity. In his capacity as second-in-command to Washington, he was largely excluded from cabinet deliberations.
Detailed explanation-3: -President George Washington’s cabinet included four original members: Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson; Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton; Secretary of War Henry Knox; and, Attorney General Edmund Randolph. Even though he was Vice President, John Adams did not participate in Washington’s cabinet meetings.