chapters from The American Pageant (12th edition): Ch 11-18 Ch. 11 The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic‚ 1800-1812 John Adams: One of the greatest problems that John Adams and the Federalists faced in the election of 1800 was – Adams’s refusal to take the country to war against France [Alien and Sedition Acts] Thomas Jefferson: In the election of 1800‚ the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following having robbed a widow having fathered numerous
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The Republicans Vs. Democrats Choosing a political party is something I have always gone back and forth on. I agree with several issues on the Republican side but I also agree with several issues on the Democratic side. Having my mom being a Republican‚ and my dad a Democrat doesn’t help me much when it comes to deciding. Through doing research in this class and better understanding the different views from both parties‚ as well as several others‚ I have found that I lean more towards the Republican
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Chapter 7 APUSH the Jeffersonian Era I. The rise of cultural nationalism i. Religion began to adjust to the spread of Enlightenment rationalism. a. Patterns of education a. All male citizens should receive free education. b. Endorsed the principle of public education‚ but did not create a working system of free schools even up to 1815. c. 1815- 30 private secondary schools in MA‚ 37 in NY‚ etc. d. Female illiteracy rate was 50%. e. Judith Sargent –
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Travaline American Government 17 February 2014 Federalist 76 and 77 Since breaking off from the British Monarchy‚ the American people wanted to be as far away from a dictatorship as possible. One of the main complaints regarding the newly proposed constitution was the potential strength of the Executive Branch. In Federalist papers 76 and 77‚ Alexander Hamilton give several reasons as to why the Executive power would be limited in power. Alexander Hamilton places a lot of emphasis on the Appointments
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Hamilton begins by highlighting the common misunderstanding that mythology depicts the blissful state of man in his original harmony with nature. On the contrary‚ Hamilton notes‚ the lives of ancient people were not romantic and beautiful‚ but full of hardship‚ disease‚ and violence. For Hamilton‚ the Greek myths are remarkable in that they show how far the Greeks‚ an ancient civilization‚ had advanced beyond a primitive state of savagery and brutality. By the time Homer wrote his epic‚ the Iliad
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The Democratic Party traces its roots to the anti-federalist factions around the time America gained its independence from the British. The Republican Party was later established by the anti-expansion activists in 1854. Today the Democratic party and the Republican party are the two major parties that dominate America’s political landscape. The Democratic Party favors involvement of the government in people’s lives‚ while the Republican Party tend to favor a limited role of government in society
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Based Question: Hamilton v. Jefferson The argument that ensued between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists might have ended many years ago‚ but their philosophical ideals shaped the foundation of our beliefs as a country. These beliefs can be whittled down to two men named Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Both men fought assertively for a government based on their ideas‚ believing that their respective ideals would create an outstanding government. Hamilton‚ like the Federalists‚ valued a stronger
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The Federalist Era The Federalist Era was a time in our history from 1789 to 1800 when the federal government would confront civil rebellions‚ threats of recession‚ international intrigues‚ and foreign wars. During this time‚ there were many economic‚ social‚ and political problems‚ as well as conflicts and events that later influenced and impacted future events in U.S history. The economic problem of our national debt‚ the social problem of the division of the country about slavery‚ and the
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document called the Constitution. Although most leaders supported the constitution they did not agree on many aspects of it. Out of the disagreement two groups emerged‚ the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist. The Federalist supported all aspects of the constitution and a larger national government‚ while the Anti-Federalist opposed ratifying the constitution and supported a smaller national government and more sovereignty to the states. This disagreement led to a fierce debate between the two groups
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Alexander Hamilton was born as a British subject on the island of Nevis in the West Indies on the 11th of January 1755. His father was James Hamilton‚ a Scottish merchant of St. Christopher. His grandfather was Alexander Hamilton‚ of Grange‚ Lanarkshire. One of his great grandfathers was Sir R. Pollock‚ the Laird of Cambuskeith. Hamilton’s mother was Rachael Fawcette Levine‚ of French Huguenot descent. When she was very young‚ she married a Danish proprietor of St. Croix named John Michael Levine
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