As historian Ted Alexander notes, in his essay on the causes of the civil war, "Beneath this great wealth and prosperity, America seethed. ... No one was better prepared to defend the Constitution than New Yorker, and federalist, Alexander Hamilton. ... Hamilton himself wrote more than two-thirds of them. In the first of the essays, Hamilton set the stage for those that would follow, proclaiming that "the vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty." ... Hamilton was highly supported in the North, making evident that Northern interests in the new government were national, stro...

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He was raised right outside of Batavia in Alexander, New York. He went to school through eleventh grade in Alexander but ended up graduating from Batavia High School in 1951. ... He lived a thorough and wonderful life, influencing many people throughout it (Grolier). ... He also falls into the temptation of saving his own life. ... Bercilak teaches Gawain an important lesson that sticks with him for the remainder of his life (Gibbons 1). ...

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In 1774, King Louis XVI made a decision that could have prevented the French Revolution by breathing new life into the French economy: he appointed Physiocrat Robert Turgot as Controller General of Finance. ... The only function of government according to this doctrine is to protect life, liberty, and property." ...

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Moreover, this ook stresses the immortal fact that Jackson's private life had as much irony and agony as his political/outside life did. With those factors understood, Jackson's life and the times he lived in, will become clear to all. ... Luckily for Jackson, his stealth saved him from certain death, but leaving him with scars on his left hand and head which he carried with him his whole life, along with a hatred for the British. ...

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Several of the delegates were well known and influential people; James Madison (who is considered the father of the constitution), George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton were only a few. ... This was a government based on a charter that said that all men are created equal with an equal right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but a society which by the nineteenth century was the largest slave holding country in the world (qtd in Ferris 9)". ... They were very vocal and the Southerners began to see them as another threat to their way of life. ... They quick...

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