In the late 1700s and early 1800s, there were some major disagreements between the political parties. The two leaders of the parties were Thomas Jefferson, Republican, and Alexander Hamilton, Federalist. Although they were both two great leaders in U.S. history, they both had different view for the politics and economics of the country. Therefore, the different opinions created controversy between, ... the decision came up on whether or not to establish the Constitution, Jefferson and the other Republicans were originally against it. When they finally agreed to it, they wanted a strict inter...

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... have become president because of his well-known genius. Hamilton, along with James Madison, Ben Franklin, George Washington and John Jay, were part of the Federalist Party. The Federalist believed in a strong centralized government, a loose interpretation of the constitution, a powerful central bank, and restrictions on freedom of speech and press. They federalists were high-class and didn't represent the people ... as much as the anti-federalist, who were against mostly all of the federalists beliefs. Madison and Hamilton were the leaders of the federalists, and along with John Jay publ...

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... and watchfulness of a people; and in a word, that all multiplication of the Executive is rather dangerous than friendly to liberty [Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, No. 70]."" Hamilton's philosophy was based on the idea of "the public good- and he believed that the government derived its power from ... power than the state governments [http://xroads html]. Hamilton took these ideas and along with James Madison and John Jay wrote The Federalist. The Federalist was a series of newspaper articles that defended the Constitution and were written in an effort to inform and sway New Yorkers to ...

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