I. Growing Pains First census of 1790 recorded 4 million people Philadelphia was the largest city Population was 90% rural Trans-Appalachian overflow was concentrated in Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio II. Washington for President G. Wash was unanimously drafted President- he was a big man- had smallpox He wasn?t a great politician but a man of character On his way to NYC (temporary capital), there were ceremonies and parades He established a cabinet : SECRETARY OF STATE-THOMAS JEFFERSON, of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, and of War Henry Know III. The Bill of Rights