1794 Swanwick vs. Fitzsimons In the year 1794 John Swanwick won a stunning upset victory over Thomas Fitzsimons. This victory was for the 1794 Philadelphia congressional election. There were a large number of different economic as well as cultural issues that swayed the way in which voters made their selection. This essay intends to explore and exploit these crucial factors. In order to understand who voted for each candidate we must first understand some background information
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The thesis of the Federalist papers was that the Article of confederation needed to be replaced with a new constitution which would ultimately save the nation from the problems of the United States government having strong state government and a weak national government. The Federalist papers addressed the weakness of the Article of Confederation. The federalist were all in favor for ratifying a new constitution because it did not serve as a firm constitution. The new constitution that was
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Republican or Democrat The United States of America is a nation with a two party system. The two major parties in the United States are the Republicans and Democrats. These two parties play an important role in our government‚ they are a source of ideas for public policy‚ legally opposing each other‚ forcing compromise of ideas that are beneficial to the people to the of the United States of America. For example‚ Democrats believe in a non-Christian based country‚ when Republicans are based strictly
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Alexander Hamilton‚ a Federalist‚ was a firm believer in the construction of a strong central government and a broad interpretation of the Constitution. This broad interpretation would allow for more government control of the people. He also envisioned a political system run by the capable men of the aristocracy. Hamilton felt that for a government to be run efficiently‚ it must be run by the educated (of this period‚ the only ones educated were the rich who could afford the training). The role of
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Church vs. State One of the most controversial points that is being debated in America today is the argument of church vs. state. Some people strongly believe that “In God We Trust” should be removed from the dollar bill‚ and “One nation under God” should be removed from the pledge of allegiance‚ because they feel that that is like forcing a certain faith upon people in a free country. Others strongly believe that we should keep those sayings on the money and in the pledge because it’s sticking
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Great Ideologies Stemming Out From Chaos Thomas Hobbes‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Paine‚ three great political philosophers‚ all view the nature of man and society as anarchical‚ which is a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority‚ making it “war of all against all”. The utopian society of individuals enjoys complete freedom without government‚ wherein there is a display of a lack of morality for most of the time. In the Leviathan‚ Thomas
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The arguments between the Anti-Federalists and Federalists led to the creation of a document that has stood the test of time and new governments have repeatedly modeled their governmental structure off of the Constitution. Despite the overwhelming majority of the Anti-Federalists’ concerns over many of the Constitution’s provisions being unfounded‚ their apprehensions regarding disproportionate amount of influence men of property could have on government officials have since become a scary reality
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Thomas Jefferson The third president of the United States was Thomas Jefferson. He had been the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. In an age of great men Jefferson was remarkable for his wide-ranging curiosity on many subjects. He helped the United States get started‚ and his plans for the future helped it grow. Many of the good things Americans enjoy today have come from Jefferson’s devotion to human rights. Jefferson is often called the
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Thomas Jefferson was a man who was against slavery and believed in freedom. His thoughts of slavery was it was a destruction to America . Jefferson also saw slavery as an abolishment of the right to personal liberty. During the time of the American Revolution‚ Thomas Jefferson was very involved in the legislation in hopes it would result in the abolition of slavery. As Jefferson began to abolition slavery‚ the population of slaves began to rise. Instead slavery became more widespread and profitable
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for the nation’s success. Regardless‚ through the creation of the U.S. Constitution‚ two distinct political parties formed: the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The formation of opposing parties led to the first evidence of a divided nation‚ resulting in controversy between political powers such as Alexander Hamilton (Federalist) and Thomas Jefferson (Anti-Federalist). This divide in political power created a sense of sectionalism rather than nationalism‚
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