Jefferson passed the embargo acts in order to rebel against the British because the British were capturing American ships and sailors. ... Then, he reversed and made a new navy to go and block all trade into Britain. ... The Jay Treaty in 1794 greatly disturbed the Republicans because the British said the states still had a pre-revolutionary war debt to pay. ... The Federalists stood in favor of the Jay Treaty and the Alien Sedition Acts. ...

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Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and diplomat, and one of the most important authors of the U.S. Constitution. He was born January 31, 1752, at Morrisiana estate, in Westchester County, NY, in 1752. He lived in a wealthy family of Loyalists. He had a half brother, named Lewis, who sig...

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There were many different things that challenged the new government between 1789 and 1800. Different things such as Foreign Affairs and new rules that were established such as the Alien and Sedition Acts. All of these things some how changed the government and the views of the citizens of the ...

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Committees of this kind provided local government in the days that the British colonial government was crumbling. ... He also joined Alexander Hamilton and John Jay of New York in writing The Federalist. ...

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Hamilton pushed for The Bank of the United States, a large standing Army raised by the President (Congress was to raise and support armies,) a Department of Navy, funding and excise taxes, and, in foreign policy, a neutrality that was sympathetic to British interest to the detriment of France. ... Southerners saw the taxes to support a new treasury loan favoring "pro-British merchants in the commercial cities," and unfairly paid by landowners in the South. ... The English "Order of Council" and the French "Milan Decree" wreaked havoc with America's shipping and led to Jay's Treaty of...

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Their fear was that they were trading the tyranny of British King George III for a regime of home grown authoritarians. ... The real authors were Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. ... The Anti-Federalist arguments came from the experience with the British. ... Those who are best acquainted with the last successful resistance of this country against the British arms, will be most inclined to deny the possibility of it. ... In this he speaks to the people about the last battle in which civilians with arms were successful in defeating the British. ...

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In the late 1700's, the newborn country of America was struggling to survive among the vast realm of tribulation around them. Under President John Adams, rumor of war with France emerged as a previous treaty made between the United States and Britain "Jay's treaty-- outraged France. Aside from th...

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Pinckney (Federalist), John Jay (Federalist) B. ... Reopened trade with all nations except Britain and France, and authorized the president to resume trade with Britain or France if either of them ceased to violate neutral rights. ... Britain was practicing impressments. ... In reaction, Jefferson did not declare war, because he knew Britain had a superior Navy. Instead, he closed American waters to the British, and issued the Non-importation and Embargo Act. ...

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Alexander Hamilton was born in 1755 on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies. ... While at King's, Hamilton wrote anonymous pamphlets for newspapers and exhibited a solid grasp and knowledge of the British and American governments [http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/hamilton.html]. ... Hamilton took these ideas and along with James Madison and John Jay wrote The Federalist. ... Hume and Hamilton both liked some of the premises of the British system, including a funded national debt, a large base of paper capital, and a national bank that issued a circulatory currency and...

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