Adams Vs Jefferson Analysis

In the excerpt that we read from Adams Vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, John Fleshing paints a picture in the readers head to help them understand what was going on between Adams, a federalist, and Jefferson, a democratic-republican. Even though I had to listen and read the excerpt several times to understand what was happening, there are a few things that I never knew about that I learned. For instance, I didn’t know that George Washington was a federalist, so that helped me understand certain decisions that he made. It also helped me understand how manipulative Alexander Hamilton was. Fleshing named this “Hamilton’s finest moment of artful political orchestration.” (pg.63) From what I’ve learned, he has played such a well game in politics. Like always, the Federalist party and the Democratic-Republican party had tension over how the government
In the previous election, there obviously was some sort of bickering. We can see that Trump called Hillary Clinton “Crooked Hillary” and she called his supporters “deplorable”. From the reading, the insults seemed less harsher and more classier than the ones we have today. The word ‘odious’ seems to be thrown around a lot. But it’s basically the same, each party questioning the ideals of the other party by petty insults. I guess this kind of behavior is an example of one of the five principles, that all political behavior has a purpose. Mudslinging and political jockeying are done to win the campaign by emphasizing their opponents negative aspects. Another example of this principle from the reading, is the imposed tax. Thanks to the advisement from Alexander Hamilton, Congress passed the Whiskey Tax. The reason for the whiskey tax was to offset the new national debt. Offsetting the new national debt would bring more power and financial aid to the central government, which exactly is what the federalist