The Federalists, proponents of strong national government, favoured the new Constitution. The Anti-federalists opposed it. ... They called themselves "true federalists" and attacked the failure of the framers to include a Bill of Rights. Anti-Federalists claimed that the centralisation of power in a strong national government (as created by the Constitution) would obliterate the states and individual liberty. ...

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The Federalist ideas and the Democratic-Republican's ideas clashed. ... The Federalist party was condemned for holding a convention in Hartford. ... The Federalists had come together to discuss secession and to propose seven amendments to protect influence of the northeastern states. As a result of this, the Federalists lost much power in American politics which caused their party to disappear in the year of 1815. ... The disappearing of the Federalists helped Monroe's winning for presidency. ...

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Marshall became a prominent leader of the Federalist Party. ... With President Adams being replaced in office by the Jeffersonian republicans, John Adams and his fellow Federalists decided to take matters in to their own hands. The outgoing Federalists quickly appointed several judicial posts go ensure their party loyalty. ... As Jefferson took over the presidency he was furious about the sudden placement of Federalists in Judiciary positions. ...

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The American and French Revolutions both occurred in the eighteenth century; subverting the existing government and opening the way for capitalism and constitutionalism. Because of these similarities, the two revolutions are often assumed to be essentially eastern and western versions of each other. However, the two are fundamentally different in their reason, their rise, progress, termination, and in the events that followed, even to the present. The American Revolution was not primarily fought for independence. Independence was an almost accidental by-product of the Americans"...

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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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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. Adams angered his fellow Federalists by insisting on considering each issue independently, rather than voting with the party. ... Despite his break with the Federalist Party, he remained active in politics. ...

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George Washington and the Federalists had a strong belief in this political philosophy, where the national government would have enough power in order to be respected and also feared in the U.S. ... Other than that, Jefferson's vision of government was becoming clearer; the Federalists were speechless once he was reelected in 1804. James Madison was elected in 1808, which gave the Federalists full control again. ...

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The merits of the Montesquieu did not turn up until The Federalist; and although a perverse argument could be made that Madison's ideal was truly in the tradition of John Locke's Second Treatise of Government, the Locke whom the American rebels treated as an honorary president was a pluralistic defender of vested rights, not of parliamentary supremacy. ... Madison's increased devotion to the art of politics is nourished by an increased respect, that just six months later after the Convention and prepare essays for The Federalist in contradiction to his basic conventions ...

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His fellow delegates from New York were anti-Federalist and were able to outvote him every time. ... This collection of essays were published and titled The Federalist. ... The factionalism of the Federalist Party because of that contributed heavily to its loss to the Republican Party in 1800. ...

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United States Supreme Court: Fletcher v. Peck & Marbury v. Madison Throughout the history of the United States America, many court cases between citizens, state government and federal government, and businesses have been brought to the Supreme Court. These cases usually involve some aspect...

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In their attempt to gain support for ratification of the newly written constitution, Federalists in 1787 took to publicly campaigning in order to sway public opinion. The Federalists realized the importance of public opinion. ...

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In the early 1800's, the Supreme Court decisions on the cases of McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden represented a bold abuse of the power by the Supreme Court in favor of the national government. In both of these examples, the Supreme Court wrongly interpreted the Constitution, gave too much...

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George Washington George Washington was more than just the first president of the United States. 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. He will always be remembered for his dedication and bravery. Although Washington had more total loses than he did vidtories, he continued to maintain his dignity and respect for his superiors. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. ...

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James Fenimore Cooper was America's first successful popular novelist and son on of the prominent Federalist William Cooper. ... Cooper was educated at Yale in preparation for a genteel life as a federalist gentlemen. ...

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Hamilton supported that idea when he stated "I go no further," he wrote in The Federalist, "and affirm that bill of rights are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution but would even be dangerous. ...

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"The Out-of-control Presidency" is an article my Michael Lind in which he makes the claim that the executive branch of the government has become too powerful. The congress, he suggests, is where the power of the federal government was designed to lie and the presidency was constructed to be little m...

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Dolly Payne Madison was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on May 20, 1768. Dolly was born the first girl in a family of several children to Quaker parents, John Payne and Mary Coles. She spent her childhood in Scotchtown, Virginia. "The Paynes were well connected and sufficiently prosperous, s...

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In the history of the United States, there have only been two presidents that have ever been impeached. One of them being Andrew Johnson and the other one being William Jefferson Clinton also known as Bill Clinton. In this essay, I will write about how the whole scandal happened, the charges Clin...

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Summary Presing the constition as conceived by James Madision as a theory of politics -- factions were the problem -- self-interest was the soloution.. so in Federalist 10 Madisoni argued that voters woudl choose representativres that best fit thier self interst, that representatives would represent their constituents interests because of their interest in reelection. that in the large republic and the conflicting interests represented in congress , self-interest woud counter interest We soon found that when the costs of partticipation were considered -- certain biases were introduced.. th...

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The Struggle for Democracy The word "democracy", originated from the Greeks, which meant "the people to rule." However, democracy in America is not as simple as "power to the people", but is actually a complicated system of government and politics. There are two forms of democracy, which are dir...

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POLITICS OF MEXICO Spain ruled Mexico for three centuries, administering a vast economic, political, and religious empire in the interests of the imperial country, its kings, and its representatives in North America. Colonial policy was designed to extract wealth from ...

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From the colonial period in North America to the peculiar American painting, the visual arts in the United States experienced several phases, inspired by the European sense of art. In search of fulfillment of need for a history, many artists managed to create their own sense of art although inspired...

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Pursuant to one of the authors' thoughts of the rebellion, "The Texas Revolution of 1836, it was originally as part of a general federalist resistance to Santa Anna's Centralist government, which had overthrown the Mexican Constitution of 1824" (Borroel 1990, 20). ...

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"Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light..." These words from "The Star Spangled Banner" are familiar to nearly every American, but the war that gave rise to them is often-times forgotten. The song was written during the War of 1812; often referred to as the Second War of Independence. It's also known as one of the most overlooked wars in United States history, often bookended by the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Altogether, this war, which lasted for just about two years, basically ended in a stalemate as a result of the Treaty of Ghent. ...

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Many presidents live behind the shadow of one before them. Living by the thought of since one president did something while they were in office AND succeeded, then they were doing something right and try to repeat that same idea in order for the same successful outcome. But sometimes that idea can f...

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