Alexander Hamilton was a federalist and believed that the US needed to think of state debts as national debt. ... Would he change anything about Hamilton's ideas? ... I do agree with Gordon's arguments about Hamilton. ... The funding act and report of public credit reformed the great debt that was inherited from the American War (Edling). ... For in the last 36 years, we have had no more than ordinary fluctuations in the business cycle, and the Vietnam War was, at least relative to the size of the American economy, if in no other way, a small war. ...

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Of Alexander Hamilton's three major suggestions as Secretary of the Treasury, his Report on Manufactures was the only one to be turned down. Both the Bank and Assumption of State Debts were accepted by the Congress, yet not his program to grow industry in America. ... Either it suggestions banning the exporation of raw materials needed for growing industries, or banning the exporation of finished products so Americans can enjoy them. 4- Pecuniary bounties. ... I can see many of these in place today, and can see them occuring in America as early as the Whig Party and its American System. ...

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Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of Treasury, and Thomas Jefferson, the Secretary of State, were brought together in the cabinet by George Washington. ... Even though they had more differences than similarities, they each contributed to providing the foundation of the American political system. ... Jefferson saw America's future more in farming and staying similar to how things were in the present. ... Hamilton thought negatively on mankind. ... By doing this it helped shape the democracy of America to be what it is today....

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Two of the men had Washington selected, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson brought contrasting beliefs to the administration. At a young age of 34, Alexander Hamilton was selected as the Secretary of the Treasury. ... With his ideas of a strong federal government, Alexander's Hamilton political theories were rooted in a need for a powerful central power. ... He let Hamilton know of the opposition of the rest of the cabinet, and required Hamilton's viewpoint (Washington, p.276). So, on February 23, 1791, Alexander Hamilton sent his opinion on the National Bank to President W...

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The change from the Articles of confederation to the Constitution in 1788 brought a division as to what kind of government should be set up in American, and some of its laws. Hamilton's financial plan which was to better the U.S. economy but only for some, the wealthy, and not very much for the farmers and lower class. ... Alexander Hamilton was the secretary of treasury during Washington's presidency (1789-1796), which mostly favored the wealthy people in his actions. ... Those who supported Hamilton's financial plan were known as Hamiltonians and those who didn't were kno...

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The book that I read dealt with America and how our founders set up a strong foundation that would help in many years to come. ... It talks about the fatal duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. ... Legend has it that Hamilton missed Burr on purpose and Burr did not mean to kill Hamilton, however, Hamilton may have died, but Burr's reputation was ruined forever. The following event in the book was a secret meeting between Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. ... What was actually said during the meeting is unknown, but the deal that was worked out between t...

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The purpose of "The Federalist" papers by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison were to explain and defend the Constitution against the critics that believed it was taking away the rights the Americans had won in the Revolution. ... Alexander Hamilton and James Madison showed their support for the needed change and transition by writing "The Federalist #17" and "The Federalist #45". ...

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So then it fell under of how the British had I would say took their weaknesses and the Americans took all of the British strengths. ... These people included George Washington, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. ... I think that the reason why Hamilton didn't win was because all he was think about was stealing the money from the rich and keeping it to his self but not changing it around by taking the money from the rich and giving it to the poor that was a better plan. But the reason I people let Jefferson win was because he wanted everyone to be safe not saying that Hamilton di...

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They tie, and Hamilton and Adams campaign for Jefferson, and he wins over Burr. ... The Barbary Pirates start looting American ships and the head of Tripoli government cuts down the flag of American Consulate which was a direct war suggestion. ... Burr challenges Hamilton to a duel. Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in the duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. ... The British claimed that 4 on the American ship were deserters. ...

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She was just one American who demonstrated her rights. ... Kennedy to send congress a bill on June 19, 1963 offering legal protection to African Americans and also offering them the same rights white Americans did. ... That is what it is to be an American. ... Embracing America is like taking on multiple cultures at once. ... You wouldn't have had a duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton if it had not been for the differences of opinions they shared about their ideas. ...

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I am an American motion-picture and television producer and showman. ... Also the time Americans were afraid of communist, because they thought every communist would be out to destroy America, Americans were afraid that the communist would take their rights away, also all Americans should be treated fairly and should not have their lives dictated. ... During the 1950's it was a fearful time for Americans. ... If Americans lost their rights that means that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and, of course, Benjamin Franklin wasted their tim...

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The presidential election of 1800 was a political battle between the Federalist and the Democratic-Republicans - and it was one of the nastiest and most heated political races in American history. ... Jefferson showed this as an opportunity for America to develop a relationship with the powerful country. ... They even went as far as to say that Adams was planning the marriage of his son to a daughter of King George III, which would lead to an American dynasty (Parton 2006). ... One of those Federalists was Alexander Hamilton. ... Hamilton's encouragement finally led to Jefferson winning ...

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Of Judges and Senators It is a fact of American political life, that a party's view of the proper division of power among the branches of government depends on which branches it controls. ... As Meg Greenfield once said, in debates of this kind the politicians seem to be saying, Don't blame me, Alexander Hamilton made me do it. ...

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The American Revolution represented a radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions. ... During the time before the revolution, there were several events that made a big impact, leading to the American Revolution. ... The American Revolution Familiarized equivalence and Liberation. ... America did not have formal structure to regulate. ... Alexander Hamilton configured a meeting to solve this problem that the country was having. ...

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Not only did he serve as a role model for countless soldiers during America's Revolutionary War, but he set the pace for Presidents of the future. ... Prior to the beginning of the American Revolution, Washington devoted most of his time to training his fourteen thousand troops. ... However, after making it through the hard winter at Valley Forge, Washington soon realized that France had finally recognized the independence of America. ... Even though Washington's plan to defeat the army of Sir Henry Clinton was terminated by American General Charles Lee's lack of enterprise, Was...

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Although both members of George Washington's cabinet in the US government both Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson held very different views on representation and whether or not it should, or did, promote popular rule. In 1787 Hamilton said "in all communities there are the few and the many. ... He believed that without the educated supervision of the richer people, the American public were a dangerous thing, politically and socially. ... The American people would not have any say in the policies enforced by the government. ...

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James Madison was born in the home of his mother's parents on March 16,1751. They lived at Port Conway, Va., about 12 miles from Fredericksburg. James was the oldest of 12 children. The families of his father, James Madison, and his mother, Nelly Conway Madison had settled in Virginia during the ...

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Washington had many contributions to America and I will discuss the contributions that he made. ... When the French arrived in 1780 to aid America, Washington was able to capture Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown with the help of the French. ... Alexander Hamilton proposed that the government would assume wartime debts of the States. ... In 1793 Washington's cabinet members had many conflicts over the neutrality of America in the war between France and England. ... Against the British and Indians, two American commanders were defeated. ...

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Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, the two people whose names appear in the names of the aforementioned political parties, were also very different from each other as well. ... This outrageous law clearly violated the American tradition of open-door friendliness and rapid assimilation. ... This law also seemed contradictory to American tradition and to the Constitution. ...

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In addition to his quest for support, he began to license American vessels to operate as privateers against British shipping and to grant French military commissions to a number of Americans in order to prepare expeditions against Spanish and British territorial claims in North America. These two actions were in direct defilement of American law. ... The provisions made under this treaty did not benefit America whatsoever. ... The Americans refused and the talks eventually ended. ... Washington, who had already retired, was brought back to lead the forces alongside Alexander Hamilton...

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After holding his bedraggled and dispirited army together during the difficult winter at Valley Forge, Washington learned that France had recognized American independence. ... Although the lack of enterprise of American general Charles Lee ruined Washington's plan to strike a major blow at the army of Sir Henry Clinton at Monmouth, the commander in chief's quick action on the field prevented an American defeat. ... 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 a...

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During the time the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. ... The biggest body of British troops in America had been defeated. Britain gave up all of its territory in America, except for Canada, to the newly formed United States. ... John Adams was Vice president, Henry Knox was Secretary of War, Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury, Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State, and Edmund Randolph was Attorney General. ... "Hamilton, Knox, Jefferson, and Randolph each asked Washington to continue as presi...

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Alexander Hamilton suggested this idea because the judges will "be too often the leaders, or the tools of the most cunning or the most numerous faction; and on this account can hardly be expected to possess the requisite neutrality towards those, whose conduct may be the subject of scrutiny (pg. 5)." ... Sebastian Mallaby discusses how Americans are unified in everything except democracy. ... "It is precisely because of their idealistic expectations that Americans have fallen into cynicism. Because they are idealistic, Americans are constantly proposing ways of improving their political syst...

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It was dated back to 5400 BCE. 3150 BCE (Egypt)- One of Egypt's earliest rulers, King Scorpion 1 was buried with around 700 jars of wine. 3000 BCE (Egypt)- Pharaohs acquired a taste for wine and established their own limited domestic production. 323 BCE (Greece)- It was said that heavy wine drinking caused Alexander the Great's death of a "mysterious " illness. 193 BCE (Rome)-North African wines dominate after septimius severus' rise to power. 146 BCE (Italy)- The Italian peninsula became the world's first wine-producing region, right around when Rome became the lead...

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James Madison and Alexander Hamilton wrote the Constitution's Bill of Rights. ... America's view on the Bill of Rights is that the Bill of Rights stands as the high temple of the US Constitutional order.The people of America were told the truth about the amendment. ...

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