The Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton And Thomas Jefferson

Did you ever wonder how the United States’ founders envisioned America to be in the years to come? America’s founding fathers were tasked with the difficult challenge of finding a balance between preserving individual rights and forming a strong, long-lasting union. There are many examples of how the founding fathers found a balance. Some examples of this are showcased in the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and A New American Nation.

Conflicting views and contrasting ideologies have always existed throughout the history of United States politics. Alexander Hamilton, who led Federalist Party, believed that a powerful central government was necessary while Thomas Jefferson, who led the Jeffersonian Republican Party, favored an agrarian nation with most of the power left to the states. Although Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were similar in that they both harbored good intentions and tried to keep the best interests in mind for the future of the United States, their policies were drastically different. Without doubt, both of their contrasting ideas served a vital role in forming the government.

The Founding Fathers put their blood, sweat and tears into the making of the Constitution and created a government out of practically nothing, all while having a vision for the future. This future consisted of a government that focused on liberty over security; a government of minimal intervention. To say that the modern version of the United States government is exactly what the Founding Fathers envisioned is a very debatable topic. There are many instances where todays government has followed the Constitution for the most part, but then there are a lot of other areas where the Founders visions have been twisted to the point that they are unrecognizable anymore. To start off, the basic concept of the United States government is one of checks and balances. This was put in place to ensure that the government never became too powerful. One very good example of checks and balances is the media. Even the founding fathers knew the extreme power of the media and its ability to keep the government in check. Two men by the names of William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were even able to create the Spanish American War by the process of yellow journalism, or the crude exaggeration of events. The first amendment states that “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” The government today reflects this belief that the media is a watchdog or “fourth estate” as it is so often referred to. Political parties and everything that comes with it, including

Conflicts always happen as when people discuss with different perspective of views, especially within the parties of politic. Likewise, the spilt into the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans is the most well-known above them all as the result from the disagreement from the two brilliant politicians: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. During George Washington’s presidency, he pointed Hamilton, as the Secretary of the Treasury and Jefferson, as the Secretary of the States in his cabinet. Despite the worry of Washington of damaging the unity, Hamilton and Jefferson had so much objections in each other’s idea of a modelist government they desire to be. As a result, in the end of Washington’s presidency, they declared to separate into the Federalists, leaded by Hamilton and the Democratic Republicans, leaded by Jefferson. Although both of the parties all wanted the best for the United States, like their leaders, the parties has so much contradict believes in the government power, the economy and foreign relations but with so less similarities.

Two competing political philosophies have always existed throughout the United States’ relatively short history: one seeking to increase the power of the central government, and one seeking to decrease it. During the 1800s these two conflicting philosophies were acted out by the Federalist and the Democratic Republican parties, respectively. The Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, advocated the importance of a strong central government in leading the country forward, while the Democratic Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson, promoted increasing the common man’s role in government. Although both political parties had good intentions for the future of the United States, the Federalist Party was much more effective at uniting the American

The two different visions of assembly of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton conveyed understandings of American power and the American people. For Hamilton, America's quality lay in the business industry. His America was one of delegates, specialists, speculators and banks. His party anticipated those would help these people battle in an overall business focus. Hamilton was suspicious of state governments, obliged as they were to slim neighborhood interests.

First of all, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson had different views on the nature of human beings. Alexander Hamilton believed that people are born selfish, untrustworthy, and basically bad. He only trusted the rich, educated, and elite. According to the United States History textbook, Hamilton stated, “The people… seldom judge or determine [decide] right.” (Deverell and White, p. 202) In other words, Hamilton believed that only the rich and elite could make the right choices and the average person could not be trusted with his decisions. The article, Politicians: Alexander Hamilton, mentions that during the Election of 1800, Hamilton nominated Thomas Jefferson as President over Aaron Burr as Jefferson was the “lesser of two evils”. In a newspaper, Hamilton also said that Aaron Burr was “the most unfit and dangerous man of the community”. (Biography.com Editors and A+E Networks, NewsELA) On the other hand, Thomas Jefferson believed that people were naturally good and trustworthy. He trusted the poor and the common man rather than the rich, as he believed that the common man was more sensible. He supported and helped the farmers by keeping tariffs low so that they could trade competitively and be profitable. A tariff is a tax to be paid for a particular class of imports and exports. Thomas Jefferson’s major accomplishment had to do with the Louisiana Purchase. Because of the possible restriction to the New Orleans sea port, Jefferson sent his ambassadors to France to buy the port in order for the farmers to trade their goods. He offered $3 million but instead received the whole Louisiana Territory, which was a part of French Canada, for only $15 million. Not only did Jefferson help the farmers, but he doubled the size of the nation.

As a newborn nation, America had many tasks ahead of it, such as structuring a well functioning government, economy, and court system. Two men who had an extreme influence over these things were Alexander Hamilton and John Marshall. Both had brilliant ideas to bring forth and would eventually shape the nation to be a land of economic prosperity and fairness. Hamilton’s financial plan began the emergence of an economically superior country and ended in the creation of political parties that would change the face of the nation. John Marshall’s rulings resulted in precedents still followed today and interpreted the Constitution in a way that would transform the Judicial branch for the rest of history. Both of these men began the nation’s history in a way that is unparallel to most other leaders of the new nation.

Though both Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson served as members of President Washington’s cabinet, the two held very different views on the newly founded U.S. government, interpretation of its constitution, and the role of the “masses” in that government. These conflicting views would develop in two political parties, the Federalists led by Hamilton and the Democratic-Republicans led by Jefferson. Although both political parties presented enticing aspects, Hamilton’s views were much more reasonable and fruitful when compared Jefferson’s views; idealistic and too strict in reference to the constitution.

The Founding Fathers are like the A-team. In most eyes, some of the things they have done is considered heroic. They put themselves on the line and shape what america is today. Some say that the Founding Fathers were only in it for power and money, however they still put themselves on the chop and block by fighting in this war and being the faces of this war. George Washington fought in the battle of trenton, the founding fathers fought in some way. They did the olive branch petition and did all the planning on this war. Who do you think the british would kill first the colonists or the Founding Fathers?

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton impacted United States history during the 1700s by helping in many ways to mold America. However, they both had very different views on government issues that concerned the American people. Thomas Jefferson was a anti-federalist while Hamilton was a federalist. They both differ from the forms of government they support. !! Hamilton believed in the central government being strong and did not have a particular interpretation of the Constitutional views.

Two of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, went to battle in the late 1700s to see who had the better ideas for the new government which would shape ours today. Thomas Jefferson made the Democratic-Republican Party that was mostly farmers that opposed the Federalists. Alexander Hamilton made the Federalists Party that was mostly rich people that opposed the Democratic-Republican Party. I believe Thomas Jefferson’s side was the most appropriate way to shape the new government because of the points he made in “Who Should Govern?”, “The Structure Of The Government.”, and “Foreign Policies.”

Burr and Alexander Hamilton. Ellis relates this with the rules of code duello. Burr and Hamilton shot at each other from ten paces in Weehawken, NJ. Burr was unharmed while Hamilton was wounded so tragically, he passed the day after.

I remember reading about some of the wars in middle school. What I did not realize was that so many battles occurred because of land, control, and freedom. Many people died at the hands of others because of disagreements. I was mostly impressed with how religious the founding fathers of our nation was. They had a great impact on the new nation. Religion played an extremely important part of the decisions and the success of the nation. So many negotiations had to take place before any agreements were made. American colonies deserved their independence, the British was very selfish and they thought only of themselves. Great Britain had so many acts they tried to pass because they wanted to control the colonies. One act was The Stamp Act wherein

By the 1820’s, the Embargo Act, War of 1812 and the Panic of 1819 played a very important role in the reshaping of our countries economic development. Hamilton believed that America would flourish only if we were involved in heavy manufacturing and commerce. He believed a strong federal government could solve many of the new country’s financial problems including establishing a stable currency. He therefore established a national bank similar to the one in England to consolidate the states debt under the federal government and enacted protective tariffs to increase American manufacturing. He also knew the importance of promoting domestic manufacturing so the United States would no longer have to rely on imported manufactured goods. Jefferson was the complete opposite. He believed that it was essential that the citizens of the new country would grow their