Did the answer lie in their opposition with the agenda of Alexander Hamilton and the increases of power both to the executive branch as well as the legislative branch of government? ... Many legislators, especially those in the south, were alarmed to the point that a separation of the Union was suggested as the only way to deal with Hamilton's successes. ... The French and English conflict caused many problems with America's political system. ... The French reacted by seizing American ships causing the threat of war to loom large in American minds. ... Hamilton equated the public...

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Today American democracy would not work without them. ... To better understand the decline of the party system one must first understand the development and the positive attributes of the early American party system. Party competition first emerged, when James Madison and Thomas Jefferson sought to create a political opposition to Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and the Federalists. ... He feared that Hamilton's view of the Constitution and the unitary system that he advocated would destroy the delicate balance of powers that Madison's understanding of government had envisioned. ... ...

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This was a huge issue because America had some very large debts to pay off and its government had little ability to raise revenue; therefore there would be no way to pay off debts unless the states used taxes to pay of debts individually. ... Morris and Alexander Hamilton devised a dangerous plot called the Newburgh Conspiracy in order to relieve the panic. ... European governments closed off nearly all American trade with the colonies. ... Because the government was so weak, a man by the name of Daniel Shays led farmers in rebellion against the government to correct the chaos in America. ...

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AP American Government From Confederation to the Constitution Constitution - a framework for settling political disputes. It "involves a set of fundamental rules and customary procedures designed to resolve political differences and make political decisions legitimate." There are two types ...

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Libertarian Gene Healy believed that the county would have been better off if the government had done nothing especially on issues such as "African American voting rights, pollution, and poverty. ... Alexander Hamilton said in the Federalist Papers, that the president commander in chief was like the Great King of Britain, but in substance much inferior. ... Truman was in office, he became one of the most popular and powerful presidents in American history. Truman never really hesitated when it came to use executive power to its fullest constitution limits if he believed that his actions...

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