... presidents. Hoping to prevent sectionalism from diving the new nation, he toured the New England states and the South. An able administrator he never failed to heal the widening breach factions led by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Because he supported many of Hamilton's controversial fiscal policies the assumption of state debts, the Bank of ... and Pinckney's Treaty (1795) with Spain had enlarged U. s. territory and removed serious diplomatic difficulties. In spite of the animosities and conflicting opinions between Democratic Republi...

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... accepted the Republican Party's nomination in 1796 for president. He lost by three votes, which under the prevailing system meant he was elected Vice President and the Federalist, John Adams, was elected president. The Federalist Administration turned upon its political opponents by passing the Alien Act, to deport foreign radicals, liberal propagandists, and agitators, also the Sedition Act, to hold the press ... years of Adam's Administration. In 1800, Jefferson and Aaron Burr ran for office. The electoral vote, in contrast to the popular vote, resulted in a tie between Jefferson and ...

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... 1801-1835. He was involved with many cases, such as Marbury v. Madison and McCulloch v. Maryland, which he gave opinions for. Marshall played on many sides, such as the; constitutional nationalist, a federalist politician and a states"-right radical. He is best known for consolidating the powers of the Supreme Court, where he promoted the American market economy. John Marshall was born on September ... . During this time Marshall was politically active in Virginia. He served in the House of Delegates for two periods; (1782-1790 and 1795-1796). He became a state leader of the Federalist P...

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... . At this time Patrick Henry's ideas seemed to be far less radical and even pointed in the opposite direction. While running for a seat in the legislature, Henry campaigned vigorously as a Federalist, the political faction that supported a strong federal government, and in doing so separated from most of his former supporters (Microsoft, 2002). Henry was motivated by his opposition to the Kentucky ... ...

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... of rights, felt that a list of specific rights was not necessary. In fact, it was detrimental to protecting individual rights. The opinion of Federalists (as written by Alexander Hamilton in Federalist Paper No. 84) was that if the Constitution contained a list of specific individual rights and liberties that the national government COULD NOT abuse then it might ENABLE the national government ... ...

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... in its entirety. Rakove makes some assumptions that should be questioned. Madison did not believe that the states contained individuals with similar ideals, but instead believed that different interests and factions were spread out evenly over a given region. If the states represented the residents inside their borders, then consequently they represented the people outside their borders too. This assumption should be ... ...

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... aware of the need to build a government that could accommodate future presidents. Hoping to keep sectionalism from dividing the new nation, he nevertheless failed to heal the widening breach between factions led by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Because he supported many of Hamilton's controversial fiscal policies--the assumption of state debts, the Bank ... ...

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