... Contributions: Advocated for the establishment of a national bank. Served as Washington's principal aide during the Revolutionary War. Wrote two-thirds of The Federalist Papers in support of the U.S. Constitution. Wrote Washington's Farewell Address. Utilized ambiguity of the Constitution's "necessary and proper " clause to legitimize control of the federal government and weaken the power of the states. Pioneered the idea of " ... implied powers " in American government. Used national debt to assert federal power by assuming responsibility of state debts; "If it is not excessive, [the ......

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... of a democratic governmental system? I contend that through the bureaucratization of a federalized system the early American government was able to use the same state based interest that hindered the survival of the confederacy to sustain the feasibility of the newly formed state. The blueprint for this bureaucratization can be traced to the Madisonian model of government. In The Federalist Papers, James Madison comes to the realization that " the latent causes of faction are sown in ... the nature of man- (Fed 10, 73), the nature to act in favor of ... ...

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