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    back loyalists  No promises in the West Indies Reaction:  Anger from the Jeffersonians  Fear from the Spanish 1795 - Pinckey’s Treaty  Gives us access to the 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

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    Thomas Jefferson‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ and James Madison were three key individuals in the formation of a young and uncertain United States in which failure was more prevalent than success. The three men gathered together at a dinner table to discuss the problems surrounding the young nation. The problems they discussed were issues of the nation’s debt and the location its new capital. The issues of the nation’s debt was of the two center point in the discussion between the three men especially

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    Throughout the 1800’s‚ Jeffersonian Republicans thought that the federal government’s power was confined to the grants of the Constitution. On the other hand‚ the Federalists believed in the broad construction that gave the government any power that was not forbidden by the constitution. Despite the fact that the Jeffersonian Republicans believe in a strict interpretation of the Constitution‚ and Federalists believe in a loose interpretation‚ these beliefs were misrepresented according to the party’s

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    Jeffersonian Republicans were often portrayed as strict constructionalists and the Federalists were considered broad constructionalists‚ but this characterization was untrue in many ways. Between 1801 and 1817 their primary beliefs on economics‚ military‚ and the judicial branch seemed to change completely. When Thomas Jefferson became president‚ he began to change his view on economics drastically. Jefferson and Madison‚ both republicans‚ talked about limited government. However when they served

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    guide the course of the republic. Jefferson believed that a central government was the most simple and effective. Jefferson also thought that blacks and whites could not live in a world together and be seen as equals in society. Placing the good of the public before personal beliefs and desires was also a strong belief to Jefferson. Economy was placed before military so Jefferson reduced both taxes and the army. 2. Marbury v Madison was important because it was the first case in the United States

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    Conor McCabe Alexander Hamilton vs Thomas Jefferson The country is in serious debt. Our government has two completely different viewpoints and ideas in the Federalists and Republicans in Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. The ideas of Hamilton will be the only way for our government to have any success and riding our debt‚ establishing good credit‚ and keeping the country together. Hamilton has the brilliant idea of assuming all of the states debts. The government will get the states

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    Was Abraham Lincoln America’s Greatest President? Kanisha McClain History 2010 Research Paper November 7‚ 2010 Abraham Lincoln known as ‘Honest Abe’‚ the 16th and the first Republican President of the United States‚ guided his country through the most devastating experience in its National History the Civil War. However‚ Lincoln is considered by many historians to have been the greatest American President. So‚ was Abraham Lincoln America’s Greatest President? Yes‚ says Phillip Shaw Paludan

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    America’s first two political parties began with Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. This established the three branches treasury‚ state‚ and war. Hamilton had the role of secretary of treasury which he was with the federalist while Jefferson had the role of relations with foreign countries and he was with Republicans. Jefferson believed that America would be more successful if it had agricultural traditions while on the other hand Hamilton beliefs were more economically planned through facilities

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    The two documents “Thomas Jefferson on the French Revolution‚” and “A Positive American View‚” are both written by American public figures‚ who are both in support of the revolutionary cause in France. In these documents they both express their views on the progress and steps taken by the people of France in general during this time. They raise interest in the reign of terror and what the monarch’s role should be in the future France. Thomas Jefferson first saw the French Revolutionaries‚ the

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    This source was a government program designed by Presidents Johnson’s cabinet secretaries and their departments‚ such as the Defense Research and Engineering. The program created was a strategic nuclear arm discussion relating to the relationship the U.S had with the Soviets at the time. Within this top-secret document‚ it details the creation‚ testing‚ political agendas‚ and objectives‚ in creating an MIRV (A Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle). Who: Who is involved in this source

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