fathers. Those seven include George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, and Ben Franklin. All seven of the founding fathers and their contributions are important. Therefore, it can be helpful to compare and contrast three of them—such as Washington, Hamilton, and Franklin--to better appreciate the ways their diverse talents, skills, and philosophies helped to create a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal.
Not all the founding fathers became presidents, but all were leaders in their own ways by capitalizing on their strengths and areas of specialization. Two of… Continue Reading...
away in some other part of the country deciding what was best for them.
Alexander Hamilton was one of the main authors of the Federalist Papers. The Federalists wanted to ratify the Constitution and have a strong central government overseeing things among the states for various reasons. They wanted a strong central government because they did not want the people at the local level getting in the way of their grand ambitions. They wanted to have the final say over the whole of the land. So they thought up reasons for why the states themselves could not be trusted to govern themselves. Hamilton wrote:… Continue Reading...
Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers.
The U.S. Constitution was written at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. People at the Constitutional Convention decided how the government should work. Then James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers.
The Federalist Papers explained the new government. They said that the new United States needed the Constitution. Newspapers all over the United States published the Federalist Papers.
3. What stopsonebranch of government from becoming too powerful?
checks and balances
4. Nameonebranch or part of the government.
Congress… Continue Reading...
Alexander Hamilton all relied upon the Enlightenment philosophers to justify their actions. The Declaration of Independence, signed by Founding Fathers, used the words and thoughts of John Locke to justify the Revolutionaries’ pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness and their right to overthrow the King of England since he refused to acknowledge their right to rule themselves as he saw fit. Such rebellion would never have been allowed in the Old World during the Age of Faith: it would have been put down and those advocating for freedom would have… Continue Reading...
states from "domestic factions and convulsions" and provide unity and cohesion (Federalist No. 6, n.d.). Indeed, Alexander Hamilton (the main author of the Federalist Papers which sought to promote ratification of the Constitution) wrote: "America, if not connected at all, or only by the feeble tie of a simple league, offensive and defensive, would, by the operation of such jarring alliances, be gradually entangled in all the pernicious labyrinths of European politics and wars" (Federalist No. 7, n.d.). Not only did the Federalists argue that the Constitution and implementation of a strong federal government would prevent states from fighting, they argued that it would also prevent… Continue Reading...
control over the colonists came to a head in the Whiskey Rebellion, when Alexander Hamilton attempted to tax distilled liquor. This reminded many colonists of the previous tea tax imposed by the Crown and federal troops were required to quell it.
Q1. What social and political changes occurred to the United States in the Jacksonian Era?
The Jacksonian Era was a time of tremendous social upheaval during United States history. Jackson himself embodied many of these changes. He was not from the aristocratic class of landed gentry like Jefferson or Washington and illustrated that a different spirit was entering the American governing class.… Continue Reading...
rivalry, Jefferson did side with Aaron Burr over federalist opponents like Alexander Hamilton. The anti-federalists prevented the United States from taking a strong nationwide stance to resolving its slavery crisis, eventually leading to Civil War.
Jefferson’s anti-federalist stance also led to unique transformations in… Continue Reading...
