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After the Revolutionary War‚ the United States was left with a $52 million dollar national debt as well as a $25 million dollar debt from the individual states. Alexander Hamilton developed a financial plan to re establish the credit of the US by providing for the payment of the nation’s debts. Hamilton established the credit of the United States by paying off the national debt. One way he did this was by exchanging old war bonds for new Federal Reserve bonds. In the eyes of other countries‚ this
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creation & ratification of the Constitution: a) Alexander Hamilton; Unhappy with the articles of Confederation and weak central gov’t Called for national convention Federalist‚ from VA and aristocrat‚ wanted to control economy‚ saw manufacturing (commercial empire) b) James Madison; Federalist then switched to Republican after ratification of Constitution-wanted central gov’t and create no danger of democracy Ally of Hamilton‚ from VA Persuaded VA legislature to convince an interstate
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influential to later works‚ such a The Federalist Papers. The Federalist Papers was series of essays‚ anonymously published defending the Constitution‚ written and published 1787-1788‚ the authors‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ James Madison‚ and John Jay‚ not
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by these and many other affairs: Federalists and Republicans. The Federalists who supported Hamilton who wanted a strong centralized government‚ high taxes‚ and a national bank to find financial stability in the country. The Republicans were supporters of Jefferson who wanted to limit federal power‚ not create a national bank because of which they had a narrow interpretation of the Constitution. Hamilton‚ the Federalist‚ tried to repay the debt the U.S. had owed. This caused tension between the
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led to responses by both the people and the government. In the beginning of the book‚ Slaughter writes about how this Rebellion was over a federal tax on whiskey that was an idea from the Secretary of the Treasury‚ who at this time was Alexander Hamilton. Slaughter says that the tax was designed to retire the national debt and was approved by Congress and supported by President George Washington. In the book‚ Slaughter takes the time at the introduction to explain all the underlying causes of this
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on the way that things should be interpreted from the constitution. There were two different parties‚ the Federalist and the Democratic Republicans. Despite their different views of the government and the economy‚ Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were two great leaders in United States history. Throughout their political lives‚ they never stopped debating and representing what they believed in. People disagreeing with the government and the government’s different views on issues led to the
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nation was beginning to take structural form‚ the power of the national government increased greatly. Much of this is due to the Federalist ideas present by our first President George Washington‚ and other prominent founding fathers such as Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. The Federalist position‚ which supported a strong central government favoring power to the national or federal government‚ was very prominent in the early days‚ however it was not unopposed. With the growing power of the national
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Alexander Hamilton in a duel‚ but it is his ruthless personality that has him most remembered. Burr was most concerned in the title he wanted to win‚ rather than the good of the people. He took a dislike to Alexander Hamilton after meeting him in the Revolution and they soon became rival Politicians in New York. Burr had a seat in the Senate‚ but was defeated in reelection. Burr ran for governor of New York‚ but lost because of Alexander Hamilton’s opposition. When Burr killed Hamilton in their
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new nation. What was the second? ∙New York was the temporary capital. 6. 6. Name the members of Washington’s cabinet and the positions they held. ∙The secretary of state was Thomas Jefferson. ∙Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton. ∙The Secretary of War was Henry Knox. Attorney General Edmund Randolf 7. 7. Who wrote the bill of Rights? When were they adopted by the states? ∙The Bill of rights was adopted in 1791 and was drafted by James Madison. 8. 8. Read
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