Hamilton took these ideas and along with James Madison and John Jay wrote The Federalist. The Federalist was a series of newspaper articles that defended the Constitution and were written in an effort to inform and sway New Yorkers to appreciating the convention's plan [http://xroads html]. The Federalist contained attacks on the Articles of Confederation, insights into human nature, evasions of Constitutional criticisms, and an explanation of the proposed operation of the new government. The Federalist also showed an insight into Hamilton's views on human nature. ... Hamilton and Ma...

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According to the Portable Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson expressed in the "Notes on the State of Virginia" his observations of blacks or African-Americans as being "inferior to the whites in both the body and mind" (pg. 192-193), and that "nature has been less bountiful to them in the endowments of the head" (pg. 191). ... 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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On the morning of March 4, 1801 the Federalists were defeated, and Thomas Jefferson was to take his place as President of the United States. ... Now there was noting but Montpellier and the calm monotonous beauty of the Blue Ridge. ...

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In his 1788 essay "The Federalist, No. ... In Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia," he argued that Europe had no choice but to promote manufacturing due to the limited availability of land and that the United States needed to follow a different model. ...

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