As the Revolutionary War reached its completion‚ the United States (U.S.) sought to form a permanent and strong nation. This prompted Alexander Hamilton to write the article‚ “Federalist No. 1” in supplication of the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution. Hamilton believed that the Constitution would unite the United States under one central government and it was the duty of the American citizens to determine their form of government based off of the common good. He creates his argument
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formed around two very important men. Alexander Hamilton‚ the leader of the Federalist Party‚ and Thomas Jefferson‚ the leader of the new Democratic Republicans‚ shared many different visions for the future of America‚ stemming back from their days on George Washington’s cabinet. As the country flourished‚ and these two became leaders of America’s political parties‚ their views on foreign policy‚ the federal government versus state governments‚ and economic policies contrasted even more. The national
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Alexander Sutherland Neill (17 October 1883 – 23 September 1973) was a Scottish progressive educator‚ author and founder of Summerhill school‚ which remains open and continues to follow his educational philosophy to this day. He is best known as an advocate of personal freedom for children. Contents * 1 Life and personal background * 2 Educational philosophy * 3 Life at Summerhill * 4 Influences on Neill’s thought * 5 Criticisms of Neill * 6 Neill’s educational legacy * 7 Works
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Alexander Hamilton once said “A nation without a national government is‚ in my view‚ an awful spectacle.” The federalist papers are a collections of letters‚ articles‚ and essays that set out to change people’s mind about the Constitution. The Federalist papers had contributors like Alexander Hamilton‚ John Jay‚ and James Madison who were in favor of a strong National Government. There was a wide spread outcry that the Constitution would infringe on the authority of the states. In the subsequent
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Hewes and Hamilton how their making of history have been warped through-out history History is written and re-written throughout the years only to be distorted an opinionated by the indirect authors. With this essay I will demonstrate that this rings true for George Robert Twelves Hewes and Alexander Hamilton and what the American Revolution meant to them. The meaning of the revolution to Hewes was one of equality. For Hamilton his idea of revolution was varied greatly from Hewes‚ he was rather
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Americans must ask themselves how college dropout‚ Alexander Hamilton would have been able to succeed in his time with the requirements we place on college educations today? The answer is no. Americans have allowed the wonder and excitement that has come with pursuing the American Dream to be overtaken by petty and pointless bureaucracy and red tape that works against the interest of hapless college students just trying to succeed in the world. We can and should do more for them‚ starting with liberalizing
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In Paper #1 of the Federalist Papers‚ Alexander Hamilton calls on the American public to engage in a process of “reflection and choice”. By this‚ he means that he would like to see Americans foster political reflection in a public sphere. The face-to-face debate clubs and small-scale pamphleteering described by Benjamin Franklin in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is much more effective at promoting political reflection in the public sphere than the current mass media. The small-scale efforts
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Thomas Jefferson vs Alexander Hamilton‚ one of the chief rivalries at the center of American politics through the first two decades‚ split the nation by ideology and purpose. Hamilton‚ a staunch Federalist‚ and Jefferson with his agrarian democracy‚ could not agree on much in regards to the structure and role of government. During the first term of the Washington administration‚ Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were both serving on the Cabinet as the Treasurer
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Alexander Hamilton helped shape America as a founding father‚ in ways such as politics and government. One of the most famous quotes from him is “Those who stand for nothing fall for anything” (Alexander Hamilton). Born on the small West British Indies island of Nevis‚ Alexander was made to be a historical figure of importance. He had shown signs of great intelligence starting after a hurricane hit his hometown‚ and he wrote essays non-stop. He was one of the hardest working founding fathers
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