... the federal government, which he saw invading individual liberty, while Hamilton distrusted the people; Jefferson saw American as agrarian, while Hamilton saw it as industrious, and while Jefferson fought for strict interpretation of the constitution, Hamilton favored loose implied powers. It only seemed a mater of time before these converging, congregating and colliding opinions would show themselves prominent in American society. Introduction Cunningham ... ...

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... to establish public credit, submitted a proposal for the chartering of a national bank with a capital stock of $10 million. This proposition immediately inflamed a whirlwind of opposition from those who said that a strict reading of the Constitution yielded no power to Congress to charter a national bank. Hamilton vigorously expressed his opposing view, saying that the Constitution did give Congress wide powers in such ... that a strong central government was essential to the survival of the United States. Since strong government required reasonable freedom of action due to unexpected s...

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