Post-Independence and Critical Period (1789-1800) 73. Judiciary Act of 1789: established federal district courts that followed local procedures, Supreme Court had final jurisdiction; compromise between nationalists and advocates for states? rights 74. Bill of Rights: protected rights of individual from the power of?the central government 75. Bank of the United States: Hamilton?s plan to solve Revolutionary debt, Assumption highly controversial, pushed his?plan through Congress, based on loose interpretation of Constitution 76. Report on Public Credit: proposed by Hamilton to repair war?debts; selling of securities and federal lands, assumption of state debts, set up the first National Bank?