In Alexander Hamilton’s writing‚ “The Federalists Papers No. 68‚” Hamilton argues that the president should be democratically chosen through representatives of each state. Each state should have the same amount of votes as they have senators and representatives. The delegates should be able to decide between candidates and know their qualifications for the job. The delegates should meet in their state and tell the national government what their decision is. In order for the candidate to be elected
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In Federalist Paper Number 10 Madison writes‚ “Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union‚ none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tenancy to break and control the violence of faction”. He specifically explains how a union will be problematic in that would cause the government to be unstable and ultimately lead to injustice. Instead‚ he argues for the importance of the braking and controlling factions instead. Madison views factions as dangerous to the republic
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The main points in “Federalist Paper #10” are basically about faction‚ how faction can be controlled and how property causes faction. A faction is a group who are for one thing or idea or they could be against a certain thing or idea. A modern faction might be those who support a cause or the faction could be against the cause. All it means is that it is a group of individuals who all agree and support the same cause whether or not they are opposing it or for it. James Madison goes on to talk about
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The United States is a single country‚ but our federalist system allows individual states to create their own laws and policies across a wide range of issues. The states are diverse in terms of population‚ geography‚ economics and political culture. I chose for states based on where I live where my family is from and the other two of where I have always wanted to live I chose New York‚ South Carolina‚ Delaware and Virginia. In all 50 states there is something called the equal employment opportunity
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In James Madison’s‚ The 10th Federalist‚ Madison believes that in a nation a larger republic is safer and more efficient than that of a smaller republic. James Madison answers the question of how to eliminate the negative effects of faction. He defines a faction as‚ “a number of citizens‚ whether amounting to a minority or majority of the whole‚ who are untied and actuated by some common impulse of passion‚ or of interest‚ adverse to the rights of other citizens‚ or to the permanent and aggregate
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The courtships and marriages of Theodore Sedgwick and of his seven children span the American Revolution and the early republic‚ with Theodore first marrying in 1767/68‚ his children being born between 1775 and 1791‚ and all except Catharine marrying by their thirties. In some ways‚ Kenslea’s findings are unsurprising‚ as arranged marriages gave way to individual choice: Sedgwick arranged his eldest daughters’ marriages in 1797 and 1801‚ while his sons enjoyed love matches within a decade. But Kenslea’s
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objected to this document. The Federalists were the group of people who desired to get the finished new constitution ratified and the Anti-Federalists were the group of people who disliked the new constitution and believed it shouldn’t be ratified because it was missing several key parts. The Anti-Federalists formulated arguments based on the weaknesses they found in the new constitution and used them against the Federalists in order to gain support‚ while the Federalists convinced citizens of the righteousness
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Federalists and Anti-Federalists were the two primary political parties at the time the Constitution was written. However‚ these two groups preferred different types of government. Nevertheless‚ Federalists wanted a government that was strong and powerful at the heart and was ruled mostly by the upper class‚ while Anti-Federalists preferred a government that wasn’t ruled so much by the central government‚ but more ruled by the states so that they could have their own rights. On one hand‚ Federalists
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the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans‚ fought many ideological and political battles from 1790 to 1810. Conflicts between these two parties grew out of their opposing ideologies the Democratic-Republicans supported states rights and a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution‚ whereas the Federalists favored a strong central government and a broader interpretation of the Constitution. However there are more than 3 major topics that I could talk about involving the Federalist and Democratic-Republicans
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The two documents that I chose were Federalist Papers No. 51 and Federalist Papers No. 10. I chose document No. 51 because it stood out to me the most since checks and balances are something that we hear about every day and the checks and balances are used to check other branches of government to make sure that they do not get out of line. I chose No. 10 because it was the one where factions are used and we have factions because we have unalienable rights and we have all of the rights to have freedom
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