Alexander Hamilton one of the leading Founding Father of the United State‚ who had a passion and a plan for the future economic growth and a well establish government. One of the major parts of Hamilton’s plan was to build up or pay off the debt accumulated from the Revolutionary War by raising the income of the government. By aiming to distribute bonds to the potential investors with the guarantee of a full repay‚ this will allow to build up credits for the nation (Foner 284). To get a continuous
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Confederation worked. Massachusetts set higher taxes‚ which hurt farm owners really bad. A man named Daniel Shays started a rebellion‚ and him and his followers would tar & feather any tax collectors who came to his house for money. Shays was a former American soldier who fought in Bunker Hill‚ so he was capable of starting a pretty major rebellion with his aggressive skills and
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Whose ideas were best for the new nation‚ Hamilton or Jefferson’s? Prolonging the life of the young country required contributions from both founding fathers. Despite an undying possibility of the federal government becoming far too powerful Hamilton’s ideas by themselves would of done far better than Jefferson’s. Hamilton’s want for industrial power and a much stronger central authority derived from his experiences during revolutionary wartime. Hamilton saw then‚ the extent the country would be
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since states were closer with the people‚ they should hold more power than the federal government. The Antifederalists brought up the Bill of rights issue‚ they believed the Bill of Rights was greatly needed‚ because the bill would protect the American people’s god given rights and limit government powers. On the contrary‚ Federalists were convinced that since state governments already had bills like the Bill of Rights‚ it would be irrelevant and not needed. The issue ended when the bill received
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The English government was not the goal of the United States‚ nor was it to have a small body benefit from policies that were supposed to support the whole. This is exactly what the antifederalist saw in the framing of the constitution. An aristocratic based constitution would not have benefited the masses because it would force colonist to become subjects again and would be used to solely benefit the aristocracy. The antifederalist feared the constitution because it mirrored tyranny. This fear
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Daniel Spioch New American Nation Spring 2013 Critical Book Review The Whiskey Rebellion by Thomas Slaughter Slaughter is a very interesting author who does not write like many of his peers on historic topics. Throughout the whole book‚ Slaughter does not give his own opinions on what happened during the Whiskey Rebellion‚ but rather‚ he gives non biased facts to present both arguments through primary and secondary sources. His book describes the actions that led up to the rebellion in western
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Jefferson’s. Hamilton and Jefferson both understood the importance of a Nations economic success and its direct relationship to its government’s strength. However‚ both developed two economic plans completely opposite the other. Jefferson believed that American citizens should be employed in the improvement of the country (Doc K). Jefferson believed a completely agricultural society comprised of small farmers would be the most beneficial to the country‚ because it would self-sustaining and eliminate any
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Class six Assignment 8 1. Why was there such opposition to the proposed Constitution of 1787? There was opposition to the constitution because many mainly the anti-federalists believed it would turn into tyranny and everything that happened in the American Revolution and there steps towards a democracy would end and it would become like Britain. Therefore the war would mean nothing and democracy would not happen‚ the government would take over. 2. Was there a violation of revolutionary ideology in
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strong central government run mainly by upper-class citizens and the commerce of the nation. He characterized the general public as "selfish‚ unreasonable‚ and violent." He idealized that the federal government should encourage the development of American industries. Hamilton proposed a plan to manage the countries debts and to establish a national banking system. Hamilton also proposed to pay off the foreign debt and to issue new bonds to replace the old bonds. One of the most significant things
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Federalist Papers- A series of 85 essays written by various authors‚ Hamilton‚ Alexander‚ and Jay. These articles were written to persuade the states into ratifying the constitution‚ saying that it was the best form of government for America. Shays’ Rebellion- An armed uprising in Massachusetts caused by high taxes that lead to debt. The government took away the farmers farms because they couldn’t pay the taxes‚ and they rebelled. The Articles of Confederation were too weak to suppress the uprising
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