How the Hell Did Hamilton Get America's Money Right?

In this episode, John gets into the first ever United States Congress and the beginnings of the first Washington Administration as they begin to govern under the recently ratified Constitution. John discusses the realization of the founding fathers that they will not be able to govern as they had envisioned and, instead, will have to embrace a governing system of democratic advocacy. John talks about how the Congress set up the basic structures for both the Executive and the Judicial branches as well as determining some of the ways in which the legislature would work with the new President.Also in this episode, John explains the ideas and role of Alexander Hamilton in the Washington administration. John goes through the basics of the Hamiltonian economic program and why it was that, as Secretary of the Treasury Department, Hamilton chose to pursue the policies that he did. Finally, John explains the constitutional implications of Hamilton's policies and how those policies, like creating the Bank of the United States, portended the creation of the first political parties in U.S. History.