... While the United States of America tried out its brand new constitution, in lieu of rejecting the Articles of Confederation, two separate factions warred over the direction in which America would build its economy and shape its government. These two factions were the Federalists, chiefly lead by Alexander Hamilton, and the Jeffersonians, whose figurehead was Thomas Jefferson. Both political parties" drive was ... ). Jeffersonians felt that industrialization lead to a break down of morals in society, which led to a break down of the government as a whole. When Thomas Jefferson took office...

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... 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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... absolute authority over the governed, and have greater 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 appreciating the convention's plan [http://xroads html ... He viewed humans as basically selfish, untrustworthy, and prone to corruption [http://xroads html]. Hamilton and Madison appeared to be synchronized and opinionated the same way when they w...

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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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... important role. Hamilton desired a strong central federal government that had a president for life, but that was not shared by other convention delegates. His fellow delegates from New York were anti-Federalist and were able to outvote him every time. Hamilton turned his energy to the ratification of the Constitution for New York. He enlisted the help of John Jay and James ... Madison to write essays for this purpose. This collection of essays were published and titled The Federalist. After the establishment of government in 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first Secretary of ...

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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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... to be done to maintain stability. Because of the ingeniousness of this plan, Jefferson, a Republican, left the Hamiltonian Framework essentially intact (minus the excise tax) despite his hatred of the Federalist Hamilton. Finally, both Washington and Jefferson further ensured the stability of the seedling government in supporting a policy of neutrality and disinterest in the tumultuous affairs of Europe. Washington, despite Republican ... constructive wisdom of congress, the body that most directly represents the will of the people. Further, when Washington sent an envoy to Britain to s...

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... term, Washington's Farwell Address warned the United States against permanent alliances abroad. He yet again returned home to Mount Vernon and the presidency was taken over by his Vice-President, Federalist John Adams. In 1798 Washington agreed to command the army but did not have an active role. He knew that his age was catching up with him and he wanted ... ...

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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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... his election as the president of Congress "the greatest honor of his life". He was the perfect president for congress at this time because he had some appeal to all factions but favoritism for none. He would try to understand everyone's point of view and he appealed to all. His experience as moderator and legislator appealed to moderates. His wealth, education ... ...

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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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