Federalists also believed that the government had the right to go against immigration, which led to the establishment of the Alien and Sedition Acts. Through acts such as these, the Federalists showed that they believed in strong federal government that had the right to pass acts that the constitution did not prohibit. The Federalists, after 1800, seemed to go against their own "loose" interpretation of the Constitution because of the acts that they opposed after 1800. ... The Federalists would have originally supported the Act, but they went against the "loose" interpreta...

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Federalists vs. ... The two parties were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. ... There were many major differences between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. ... The Anti-Federalists were very different from the Federalists. ... However, both the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists provided many contributions to the government. ...

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Federalists vs. ... The two parties were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. ... There were many major differences between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. ... The Anti-Federalists were very different from the Federalists. ... However, both the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists provided many contributions to the government. ...

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Liberty was the main issue in these debates for the Anti-Federalists. ... The Federalists and Anti-Federalists debated on the issue of this. ... Liberty was promised according to this and the Federalists said that they wanted the people to have liberty, but the Anti-Federalists didn't believe this. ... The Federalists and Anti-Federalists differed on many points as they tried to accomplish what they went to Philadelphia for. Even though the Federalists came out on top and got the Constitution ratified, the Anti-Federalists got their points across. ...

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The Federalist Papers and their author's are strongly tied to the ideals and beliefs of our government, as well as the Constitution, today. Beginning in Federalist Papers 16 and 17 Hamilton exaggerates that we must preserve the country's overall tranquility. ... The government was given revisions which is more evident in later Federalist Papers. ... This essay is basically a follow up and elaboration to Federalist 47 where it was only a rough draft that needed revising. ... Although, we will see more clearly in Federalist 51 that there are limitations on each branch shown in th...

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The Federalist Paper first appeared in the New York newspapers in 1787 during a period of decision for the newly and loosely formed States under the Article of Confederation. ... It established to persuade the States to ratify the Constitution and eventually the writers of the Federalist paper had accomplished their goal in passing the Constitution. The Federalist Paper was a collection of eighty-five essays that were published anonymously, under the pen name "Publius," in numerous of New York state newspapers of the time such as The New York Packet and The Independent Journal, and much mo...

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This was a true Federalist ideal, in which Hamilton's political power was increasing as well. ... Although Jefferson disagrees with Hamilton's idea of assuming the debt and criticizes the Federalist's principles, he is still aware that the Federalists are gaining tremendous power and support at this time. ... The Federalists were appalled, for they believed a commercial society was essential to their nation. ... The Federalists again changed their viewpoints during the War of 1812 when Webster, a Federalist, accused the Republicans of tyranny. ... The Republicans and Fede...

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Then, in the beginning of the presidencies, the Federalists practiced a strong central government and loose construction. The Federalists stood for the general welfare clause because it had the interests of the people in mind. Unlike the Republicans, the Federalists believed the merchants were the backbone of the economy. ... Internal Improvements was another reversal for the Federalists. ... The Federalists stood in favor of the Jay Treaty and the Alien Sedition Acts. ...

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The two major dominating political parties that existed in the early nineteenth century were the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Federalists. ... The Federalist Party viewed the Constitution as the starting place, as they believed that they could shape and improvise the document as they choose. ... During the early years of the nineteenth century, Jefferson was running to hold the title of the presidency, while the Federalist Party was beginning to fade away. ... At this convention, the Federalist Party stated that the states should have the power to intervene if the government was establishi...

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At the time of the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1791 those who supported it where called Federalist and those who didn't where called Anti-Federalist. ... The Anti-Federalist preferred the union as it was "well constructed and protective of its citizen's liberties."" ... Based on this belief the Anti-Federalist argued that against the adoption of the Constitution. ... While the federalist aimed to control minority faction through a system of checks and balance, the Anti-Federalist wished to eliminate faction as much as possible. ... With this mindset the An...

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During the Constitutional Convention, delegates agreed on created fundamental changes but conflicting interests of the states led to compromises which when presented to the states, a Federalist-Antifederalist battle for ratification ensued. ... It was reciprocated with mixed ideas generally put into categories of federalist and antifederalist. ... The federalists on the other hand compromised of the educated and rich who felt that the government should be more Hobbes instead of Locke where there must be restraint to have liberty protected. ... The federalists won this battle for ratification...

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These people became known as the Anti-Federalist. ... In response came the Federalist Papers published in the New York Independent Journal under the author Publius. ... The Anti-Federalist arguments came from the experience with the British. ... The Federalist authors attempted to convey this message in each essay, until the constitution was finally ratified in July 1788. ... Madison's Federalist Paper # 46 in conjunction with Paper # 45 attempts to ease the concerns of many skeptics. ...

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The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton wanted to help the ratification of the "new" Constitution, in 1787, so he decided that he would write and publish articles in order to explain the concepts of this Constitution. ... Although they are not part of the Constitution or legal documents, The Federalists Papers gained much popularity in the midst of the ratification of the Constitution. ... The Federalist Papers are best interpreted and understood through a republican argument and republican guidelines than those of democracy or other conflicting views. ... Another aspect of the Feder...

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The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton wanted to help the ratification of the "new" Constitution, in 1787, so he decided that he would write and publish articles in order to explain the concepts of this Constitution. ... Although they are not part of the Constitution or legal documents, The Federalists Papers gained much popularity in the midst of the ratification of the Constitution. ... The Federalist Papers are best interpreted and understood through a republican argument and republican guidelines than those of democracy or other conflicting views. ... Another aspect of the...

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Aside from the conflict with France, discord was found among the two major political parties of the time, Federalists and Anti-Federalists, or Jeffersonians. ... In response to the Jeffersonians efforts to gain this support and inform people of the Federalist's faults, John Adams, a federalist president, created a controversial act known as the Sedition Act of 1798. ... It was primarily created to silence the republican or Jeffersonian criticism of the Federalists that had been taking place and also to destroy Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party, who was running for office against ...

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The Federalists in the North, wanted a strong central government and chose to take a loose interpretation of the Constitution. ... They also heavily opposed the Federalists' frequent use of the Necessary and Proper Clause, which was used whenever the Federalists wished to do something that appeared to be unconstitutional. The Democratic-Republicans believed that the Federalists frequently overstepped their power, and imposed laws on them that were done directly for the federal government's benefit. ... It is difficult to dispute that this was done to suppress the Democratic-Republica...

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In Federalist 10 he addresses the issues of factions among the people. ... Rather than abolishing these groups and the liberty they are endowed with along with them, in Federalist Paper 10, he provides a solution to the problem opposing groups would form. ... In Federalist Paper 10's penultimate paragraph, Madison uses examples to make the point that there may exist a difference in opinion among different factions, but these differences will never be enough to destroy underlying union among them all. ...

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Madison's major points are made in Federalist Papers ten and fifty-one. Madison's main concern in Federalist Paper number ten is that the Constitution provides the people with a government that protects them against factions. ... Federalist Paper number fifty-one stresses that there is a need for checks and balances between the diverse departments of the government: executive, legislative, and judicial. ... Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Papers, for example, was his way of anticipating federalism. ... Roche also went on to call Madison and Hamilton's Federalist Paper...

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The XYZ affair played right into the hands of the Federalist Party. ... The Republicans debated against the bills for about a month, but the Federalist had the votes. ... Federalist saw this as a demonstration of support for the government. ... Republican newspapers were railing against the Federalist and especially against the Sedition bill. ... Baches ability to get the story out caused much consternation among Federalist. ...

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In Federalist #10, James Madison summed up factions eloquently stating that "Liberty is faction, what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires." ... James Madison's most amazing political prediction, contained within the pages of Federalist 10, was that the United States being so large and having such a wide variety of interests could make a guarantee of fairness and constancy under the new constitution. ...

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Alexander Hamilton begins The Federalist No. 11 by explaining the importance of a Union to prospering commercial success and trade. ... Having clearly illustrated the positive effects of a Union towards the commercial prosperity of the United States in the last paper, Hamilton begins The Federalist No. 12 by explaining that the creation of a Union would drastically increase the revenue for the United Government as well as help to facilitate its collection. ... In The Federalist No. 13, Alexander Hamilton continues his previous discussion of national revenue by explaining how a united union in...

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During the making of the Constitution different plans and ideas were proposed and were mainly argued against these two factions, the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist, which eventually led to an agreement in the end. ... The federalist favored for the constitution because it gave a little more power to the central government. ... Also the Federalist wrote a series of essays that went to the newspaper called 'The Federalist Papers", they were made to favor the constitution, while many citizens thought that the constitutions gave to much power to the government and that it will t...

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This indecision emanated into two distinct viewpoints or groups, creating the "Federalists" and the "Anti-federalists" of the time. The differences between these Federalists and Anti-federalists were made more apparent during the French Revolution, which widened the gap between them and, perpetuated the formation of the Federalist and Republican parties in time for the election of 1792. ... Led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams, the Federalists based their views in the belief that a government should be run by a central power. ... The Federalists were horrified at the events of the Fren...

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In the federalist papers though, you see a different kind of common good. ... This is why the Anti-Federalist are so against the constitution. ... This appears to be very opposite from what the Federalist want. ... It is an interesting question as to what this common is and how the Federalist and Anti-Federalist mean to establish the good for these people. You have to wonder if the Federalist really cared about these people as at times it really seems that these people are the fear of the federalist in many ways. ...

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These two factions were the Federalists, chiefly lead by Alexander Hamilton, and the Jeffersonians, whose figurehead was Thomas Jefferson. ... Federalists were driven to base American economy both around agriculture and, unlike Jeffersonians, industry. Alexander Hamilton, who succeeded Washington in the presidency, was the main voice of the Federalist movement. ... Federalists were largely concerned with the possibility of a second revolution. ... The Federalists were in fact more sensible for their ideas of development. ...

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