more, a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and virtue will be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of Washington." Washington left no children. It has been beautifully said, "Providence left him childless that his country might call him Father."] [Illustration: JEFFERSON. KNOX. RANDOLPH. HAMILTON. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON'S CABINET.] [Footnote: Three executive departments were now established--the Department of Foreign Affairs (now the Department of State), the Department of War, and the Department of the Treasury. The heads of these departments were called Secretaries, and, with the Attorney-General, formed the President's cabinet.] [Footnote: _Questions on the Geography of the Fourth Epoch_--Names of places in italic letter may be found on map, Epoch VI. Locate New York Philadelphia Baltimore _Boston Washington_ Detroit York St Johns Montreal Plattsburg Fort Schlosser Sackett's Harbor Frenchtown Chappewa _Stonington_ New Orleans _Charleston_ Sacramento San Francisco _Palmyra_ Santa Fe _Nauvoo Mount Vernon_ Queenstown Heights Chrysler's Field Horseshoe Bend Lundy's Lane Locate Fort Malden Fort Erie Fort Meigs Fort Stephenson Fort Mimms (Mims) Fort McHenry _Fort King_ Fort Brown Describe the Maumee River Hudson River Tippecanoe River Niagara River St Lawrence River Raisin River Thames River _Columbia River_ Rio Grande River Nueces River Locate Sandusky Bay Lake Champlain _Tampa Bay_ Locate Palo Alto Point Isabel Resaca de la Palma Matamoras Monterey Buena Vista Vera Cruz Puebla Cerro Gordo The Cordilleias Contieras Mexico _Cuba Havana_] DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.--Finances.-By the advice of Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the treasury, Congress agreed to assume the debts contracted by the States during the Revolution, and to pay the national debt in full. To provide funds, taxes were levied on imported goods and the distillation of spirits. A mint and a national bank were established at Philadelphia. By these measures the credit of the United States was put upon a firm basis. [Footnote: The credit of these plans belongs to Hamilton. Daniel Webster has eloquently said of him, "He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of public credit, and it sprang upon its feet."] _Whisky Rebellion_ (1794).--Great opposition was made to raising money by taxation. In western Pennsylvania it was agreed that no tax should be paid on whisky. The rioters were so numerous and so thoroughly organized that fifteen thousand of the militia were ordered out to subdue them. Finding the government in earnest, the malcontents laid down their arms. [Illustration: ALEXANDER HAMILTON]