George Washington

Sneha George 10/26/17

APUSH-Mr.Carbone Lesson 14 part 1

George Washington was a major influence on John Marshall during his adolescent teen years and he inspired him to join the military so that he could take part in the formation of the new nation. George Washington himself was never technically a part of a political party but his ideas were those federalist believed in, in relation John Marshall later went on to be a full fledged federalist which may have been due to his admiration of George. Washington believed there should be distribution of power in government between the legislative, executive and judicial branches to prevent any one branch from having too much power. He wanted to avoid tyranny (like from which they escaped from under Britain) and believed in a strong central government. As Marshall demonstrates in the court case Little vs. Barreme his political beliefs consisted of having a strong central government and distributing equal power to all of the branches.

During this time John saw first hand the need for government enforced tax collections. In the McCulloch vs. Maryland court case Marshall thought congress should pay off the debts of the union. Since the planters refused to pay they started stealing money from English merchants so from there John was able to deal with foreign powers.The way the states and the nation dealt with other nations was shown to be severely lacking in terms of effectiveness to Marshall, Which would then influence the decisions he made based on trade.

During Marshall’s severing period in the Virginian legislature position he saw rebellion: Justice Marshall saw the depression that was going on as well. Those two events coupled with disrespect from European nations greatly influenced Marshall’s decisions to strengthen the American economy and reduce taxes imposed by the government Marshall established the primacy of federal government over states in exercising control of the economy, opened the way for an increased federal role in promoting economic growth, and affirmed protection for corporations and other private economic institutions for local government interference which allowed the growth of the new industrial capitalist economy. He saw the power of the government to send armed forces to quell the rebellion. This showed him that the central government needed to be put into check through another branch.

Marshall saw the state that France was in during its rebellion. His stand on the creation of a strong government was strengthened by the failing popularity of the revolution with other political parties and he had seen what happens when a government becomes one popular and oppressive, and his decisions reflected his will through another branch.

Washington’s supported the Jay Treaty, which ended the war with Britain, and it gave the United States good trade relations as well. Through the proclamation of neutrality the U.S. remained neutral in the war between Britain and France. Many people believed that the U.S. should help France like they had helped the U.S. during our struggle for independence. The enforcement of the Whiskey Rebellion by armed force was a shock to most, and showed what authority the central government had. Marshall’s ideals concerning meddling in other countries affairs the way debts were collected by other countries were founded with the Jay’s Treaty and the Proclamation of Neutrality. His stance on a strengthened government stood, as well as the need for a strong balancing force. The Little vs. Barreme case, re-established the presidential and congressional powers to strengthen the central government and established the judicial branch as a balancing force.

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