reform‚ alter‚ or totally change the same‚ when their protection‚ safety‚ prosperity‚ and happiness require it.” Federalists believed this‚ and fought verbal and written battles against the Anti-Federalists‚ who disagreed with John Adams. Anti-Federalists believed that in an elite democracy‚ the elite’s would get greedy and selfish‚ and only worry about themselves. As I’m on the Federalist side‚ I believe that John Adams was correct in his statement‚ and that the government is only trying to uphold
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Democrat/Republican? The Republican Party has over 55 million registered voters‚ comprising of over thirty percent of the United States population. Of course‚ it is impossible to form a party so that everyone fits‚ I think that the Republican Party does a fairly well job in creating a mold that includes thirty percent of the United States and I am a part and support and agree‚ to an extent‚ their ideas and platform. Some of the Republican Party’s stances on popular debates that I support are as
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Hamilton and Jefferson disagreed on pretty much everything; this was easily portrayed in their movements during the early stages of development in America. They had different political philosophies‚ views on long-term economic outlooks‚ interpretations of the Constitution‚ and mindsets on federal versus state power. These discrepancies‚ however‚ would eventually help in creating a more balanced government in America. In terms of political philosophies‚ Alexander Hamilton had a completely different
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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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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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represented as distinct parties‚ the Federalists and the Whigs in fact shared a common political ideology‚ represented many of the same interest groups and proposed similar programs and policies. Assess this. Although the Whig party surfaced forty years after the Federalist party had died out‚ the two separate parties held many of the same ideals‚ and catered to many of the same constituents‚ causing these two parties to be more similar in history than different. The Federalist party was established originally
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included Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. Their attitude toward the people: Hamilton and the Federalists had a limited view of popular sovereignty. They believed the electorate should be propertied‚ white‚ male‚ rich‚ and educated. This view was mirrored in the delegate elections of 1787 where only 160‚000 white men‚ four percent of the population‚ were allowed to vote. The masses were considered unwise‚ according to John Jay‚ and had to be controlled by a strong government. Hamilton had a similar
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Compare and contrast the social‚ political‚ and economic philosophies of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Speculate on how Jefferson and Hamilton might react to the current conditions in American domestic and foreign affairs. Chapter 6 Hamilton vs. Jefferson Economical Views Hamilton 1. Believed in a public debt 2. Wanted to create a national bank to provide loans for businessmen‚ and to provide a place to deposit federal funds. 3. Believed that America should have a strong commercial
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Larry Rooney Mr. O’Shea US History November 29‚ 2012 Jefferson Vs. Hamilton During the years after the Revolutionary War‚ the founding fathers introduced a very weak form of government through the Articles of Confederation. These articles were created to give more power to the states than the federal government. Eventually‚ the Constitutional Convention was called to edit the Articles of Confederation‚ but the members of this convention completely gutted the documents. This led to the development
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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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