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. "The Federalist #17" discussed the insufficiency of the present confederation to preserve the union. "The Federalist #45" discussed the alleged danger from the powers of the union to the state Governments. ... 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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Our former Secretary of State, James Monroe is now President, and things are looking good. That wretched Federalist Party is now seemingly out of power for good. ... I"m glad that he accepted the banking and tariff bills from when Madison was president. ... I am not seeing the strong partisanship and factionalism I saw in the previous years, of Madison and Jefferson, Clay and Jackson. ...

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Served as Secretary of State under Washington and Vice president under Madison. ... Pinckney (Federalist), John Jay (Federalist) B. ... Republicans attack the federalist judiciary (1804)- Republicans were making every effort to remove federalist judges from power. ... He succeeded in his goal and got rid of the old Federalist programs he didn't like. ... Jefferson's cabinet included Aaron Burr (1801) and George Clinton (1805-1809) as Vice president, James Madison as Secretary of State (1801-1809), Secretary of the Treas...

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President James Madison then appointed him to Minister to Russia in 1809. ... He also showed effectiveness as the Minister to Great Britain during the last two years of the Madison administration. ... The son of a leading Federalist Party, Adams proved to be anything but a slavish devotee to that political cause. ... The final break from the Federalist Party came after Adams choice to support President Jefferson's Embargo act of 1807. ... Despite his break with the Federalist Party, he remained active in politics. ...

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Jefferson expressed in a letter to James Madison that he liked much of the Constitution and agreed that the greater house should be chosen by the people, yet he felt that the people would choose persons not qualified to legislate. ... Thomas Jefferson considered himself neither Federalist nor Anti-Federalist. ... Jefferson felt that because he opposed some of the Federalists ideas and many more of the Anti-federalists ideas that he could not be grouped with either party or in between the parties. ...

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In 1803, he was elected senator, representing the Federalist Party. ... After Thomas Jefferson's two terms as president, James Madison took over and sent Adams to Russia, and later to London. He continued to work his way up when James Monroe became president and appointed John Quincy as secretary of state. ...

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The U.S. Constitution Article Five, clause two of the United States Constitution states, "under the Authority of the United States, [the Constitution] shall be the supreme law of the land." As a result of the fact that the current activist government is pursuing inconsistent policies, many believe the Constitution has become irrelevant because no guiding principles seem to exist. Thomas Jefferson once said, "The Constitution belongs to the living and not to the dead." Accordingly, it is often referred to as a "living" document because of its regular alteration and ...

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