Pioneered the idea of "implied powers " in American government. ... Alexander Hamilton The Hamiltonian Philosophy: Emphasis on free market capitalism; government should provide the tools for people to compete in it. ... Overall Significance: Hamilton's economic system remains largely unaltered even today, and has given birth to American manufacturing and industrialism rather than the agrarian landholding vision shared by Jefferson and Madison. ... Role as a Polemicist (Also delves into character): Alexander Hamilton was known for always speaking his mind and refusing to alter his viewpoi...

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Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were occupying important and sensitive position during that time in the American government. ... However, Alexander Hamilton was born in an uneducated poor family in West Indies on January 11, 1755 (3). ... The national bank was also one of Hamilton's thoughts to help the American people to recover from the Revolutionary war, adjust their currency, and help to control the American economy. ... Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson debate included much more things in that period of time. ... Both Hamilton and Jefferson played an important role in s...

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Background The conflict that took place in the 1790's between two impacting founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton shaped the nation we know today. ... Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were not merely on different issues that shaped the nation, but they were at the head of those differences. Jefferson distrusted the federal government, which he saw invading individual liberty, while Hamilton distrusted the people; Jefferson saw American as agrarian, while Hamilton saw it as industrious, and while Jefferson fought for strict interpretation of the const...

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Joseph Ellis presents the personalities of John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington beautifully and in tremendous detail. ... " In "The Duel," Ellis describes the legendary shootout between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. ... Burr, thinking that Hamilton fired at him, shot and killed Hamilton. In the second chapter, "The Dinner," Ellis exploits a secret compromise between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison in the scene of a dinner party hosted by Thomas Jefferson. ... He hoped to negoti...

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Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, and Adams, were all revered by the people and were trusted to ultimately lay the political foundation for America. ... President Washington was backed by the Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson and the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, all of whom were to later be considered as members of the country's founding brothers. ... During the course of Washington's presidency, many of Alexander Hamilton's controversial fiscal policies were supported, like assumption of state debts, the excise tax, and the Bank of the United Sta...

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The Federalists, under Hamilton, and to an extent Washington, believed the complete opposite: a strong government, with a strong central leader is necessary to maintain the political and economic success of the newly formed nation. ... The topic of assumption of state debts by the federal government illustrates the broader argument of federalism versus republicanism, and has continued as an American economic disagreement many years after the American Revolution. ... Alexander Hamilton, a passionate Federalist, proposed to Congress in January 1790 that the federal government assume all of the s...

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During the late 1700's, two great revolutions occurred, the American Revolution and the French Revolution. ... When French Revolution occurred, it turned into a very violent and bloody event, while the American Revolution was almost nonviolent, aside from the war. ... Now contrast all of this with the American Revolution, more correctly called the War for Independence. The American Revolution was different because, as Irving Kristol has pointed out, it was a mild and relatively bloodless revolution. ... The American Revolution was essentially a conservative movement, fought to conserve th...

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David McCullough closely examines a year of near-mythic status in the American collective memory: 1776. ... " It was also the year that the American Revolution began in earnest and was nearly lost. ... McCullough is not content to focus solely on the Americans, however. ... In this struggle, the Americans fared less well than in Boston. ... Alexander Hamilton and his men surrounded Nassau Hall on the Princeton College campus, where some two hundred British were garrisoned, capturing them all. ...

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