To conquer more territory
Northern lawmakers were hesitant to go to war with Mexico because in the North people began to question the system as they increasingly viewed it as immoral and believed that it was wrong for person to enslave another. By starting a war with Mexico, they believe that the new territories would create more slave states and perpetuate the system further. Aside from that, President James Polk also wanted to acquire the territories of California, New Mexico and Oregon. Eventually war broke out when American troops to the Rio Grande and Nueces River regard as disputed territories.
Washington set up the first U.S. Cabinet as a group of individuals he trusted to give him advice and interact with his Presidency.
The initial group included Attorney General Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
The Executive Branch of the government was created to carry out and enforce federal laws.
George Washington understood the value of a checks and balances system which would prevent any one branch of the government from having too much power.
