<P> The Congress was given authority to ban the international slave trade after 20 years (which it did in 1807). A compromise gave the South Congressional apportionment out of proportion to its free population by allowing it to include three - fifths of the number of slaves in each state's total population . This provision increased the political power of southern representatives in Congress, especially as slavery was extended into the Deep South through removal of Native Americans and transportation of slaves by an extensive domestic trade . </P> <P> To assuage the Anti-Federalists who feared a too - powerful national government, the nation adopted the United States Bill of Rights in 1791 . Comprising the first ten amendments of the Constitution, it guaranteed individual liberties such as freedom of speech and religious practice, jury trials, and stated that citizens and states had reserved rights (which were not specified). </P> <P> George Washington--a renowned hero of the American Revolutionary War, commander - in - chief of the Continental Army, and president of the Constitutional Convention--became the first President of the United States under the new Constitution in 1789 . The national capital moved from New York to Philadelphia and finally settled in Washington DC in 1800 . </P> <P> The major accomplishments of the Washington Administration were creating a strong national government that was recognized without question by all Americans . His government, following the vigorous leadership of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, assumed the debts of the states (the debt holders received federal bonds), created the Bank of the United States to stabilize the financial system, and set up a uniform system of tariffs (taxes on imports) and other taxes to pay off the debt and provide a financial infrastructure . To support his programs Hamilton created a new political party--the first in the world based on voters--the Federalist Party . </P>

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