Mississippi River George Washington • Farewell Address Avoid long-term permanent alliances Be aware of political parties Leaves and goes back home Dies in 1799 Election of 1796 • John Adams - federalist • Thomas Jefferson - democratic republican • John Adams wins the Presidency and takes the Oath to Office in March Hamilton runs a group called “The High Federalists” (war like federalists) The XYZ Affair: John Adams sends John Marshall to meet the French Foreign Minister
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Jefferson vs. Hamilton Democratic Republican vs. Federalist Jefferson Image Jefferson acted with democratic simplicity; he made his image plain and disliked people claiming positions that they didn’t deserve. He won the 1804 reelection easily Jefferson eliminated the feeling of majesty surrounding presidency Views He was a political genius‚ and worked as leader of his party to give the Republicans in Congress direction. Money Washington and Adams had increased national debt and taxation
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Republican side As new problems arose facing the new nation‚ many different views toward the new conflicts developed. Initially‚ Hamilton acted aggressively to deal with the new republic’s financial troubles with proposals to fund the national debt‚ create a central banking system and uniform currency‚ and promote manufacturing with a high protective tariff. Jefferson opposed these policies‚ objecting to the concentration of power in the hands of bankers and currency speculators. Jefferson believed
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The American political system is made up of primarily two parties‚ Democrats and Republicans. These parties go against each-other for many political positions‚ such as presidency. Each supports and opposes different issues. The Democratic Party supports a bigger government and believes the government should guide the people. They are known as Liberals because typically they like change. The Republican Party supports a smaller government and believes the people should guide the government. They
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As America was growing‚ founding fathers‚ Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton‚ both had different visions for American Society. Thomas Jefferson‚ the third president of the United States‚ believed strongly in an agricultural society for America and wrote “The Importance of Agriculture.” In his writing he spoke about why an agricultural society would be so beneficial and how industrialization would hurt the people’s values. Although‚ contrary to Jefferson’s vision‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ the first
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Democrats vs. Republicans In today’s society‚ we believe that the two main political parties of America‚ the Democratic Party and the Republican Party‚ are completely different. We say that democrats are liberal and the republican are conservative – two adjectives that are complete opposites. When we actually step back and look‚ and the two parties and their actual positions we realize and learn that the two parties are actually very similar. Many of their positions are the same but they have
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Thomas Jefferson and Niccolo Machiavelli share similar and different thoughts on how a government should run. On how the government should function. From the rule of the government the rule of the people. However Machiavelli’s essay is more cynical‚ while on the other hand Jefferson is more logical. We might live in a Machiavellian world but it all depends on what people believe in. Personally I believe that Machiavelli’s philosophy is cynical compared to Jefferson‚ Therefore I believe more in Jefferson’s
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discussed the extremism in the Republican Party within the opening pages of the book. The example‚ which pertained to legislation seeking to dissipate concerns of the nation being unable to pay its debt pushed‚ summarized the problems in American politics. Most the public is aware of the crisis through its news coverage yet they are unaware of its cause‚ which stems from the Republicans. In fact‚ as the authors noted both parties were in agreeance of the Bill until Republicans disdain from an Obama victory
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Democrats Republicans *Democrats have a long‚ proud history of defending civil rights and expanding oppertunity for all Americans.1 Civil Rights *Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866. This said that all people in the U.S. Are citizens‚ regardless of race‚ color or previous condition.2 *Democrats passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ which forbade discrimination on accound of sex or race.3 *Republicans created the 14th Amendment‚ which says that citizenship rights are guaranteed
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Rise of the Republican Party The rise of the Republican Party‚ one of two major political parties‚ is considered more conservative of the two parties. Republican Party was founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854. This US political party was then founded at state and federal level between the years 1854-1856. The early Republicans arose out of tradition regarding reform and economic policies. With the successful of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill of 1854‚ an act that stopped the terms
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