These two factions were the Federalists, chiefly lead by Alexander Hamilton, and the Jeffersonians, whose figurehead was Thomas Jefferson. ... Thomas Jefferson and his followers had a different goal towards which they worked for the betterment of early America. ... (Major Problems, p. 190) Thomas Jefferson felt that the influx of immigrants would be detrimental to a nation he saw as developing purely and in a different, happier path then the past failures of Great Britain or France. ... Thomas Jefferson was an intricate part of the development of the United States, whose early roots were ...

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Alexander Hamilton, the first financial genius of the United States, overcame tremendous childhood odds to lead America through its early monetary decisions and foundations in the time following the American Revolution. ... After the death of Hamilton's mother in 1768, Hamilton's life and career began to take off. ... Some of these extreme ideas were 1) state governors would appointed by the president, 2) the president and senators would hold office for life, and 3) the Congress would retain exclusive authority to make all the laws of the country [http://xroads.Virginia.edu/~CAP...

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Much of his early life is obscure. ... Hamilton desired a strong central federal government that had a president for life, but that was not shared by other convention delegates. ... The presidential election in 1800 had to be decided in the House of Representatives because Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson received equal numbers of votes from the electoral college. Hamilton used his influence in favor of Jefferson, instead of Burr, whom he though of as a dangerous and unprincipled adventurer. ...

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