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    Jefferson and Hamilton had a positive vision of what American culture ought to turn into. Does the present United States take after a greater amount of Hamilton's or Jefferson's thoughts? Alexander Hamilton followed the constitutional theory of loose construction or also known as implied powers (Module 7, Lecture I Hamilton v. Jefferson, Slide 9). He believed that if the constitution didn’t prohibit a certain thing, then the government is able to do it (Module 7, Lecture I Hamilton v. Jefferson

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    Federalist No. 1 Summary/ Analysis In this essay Alexander Hamilton had high praise for the United States. Alexander Hamilton always believed of the greatness of America. The groundwork that will consist of the new constitution could be significant. He had out of most of the founders had the highest hopes for the future of the United States. In this article, “federalist number one” alexander Hamilton articulates that the people of America are in an exclusive position to be one of the world’s greatest

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    Lin Manuel-Miranda wrote Hamilton, a musical set in the late 1700’s, to tell the coming of age story of one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. In the musical, Alexander Hamilton starts off as a young man trying to make a name for himself and be something greater. He faced many challenges, often involving women, while trying to be the best person that he possibly could. In Hamilton: The Musical, the character Angelica Schuyler rejects gender stereotypes by showing how strong

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    just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry And I’m not throwing away my shot!” - Alexander Hamilton (Miranda, “My Shot”). In this musical play, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and also the role of Alexander Hamilton himself, led to huge success and critical acclaim, in Broadway history. The story explores the life of one of our Founding Father of the United States, Alexander Hamilton, the founder and the creator of the American government’s original financial system. During

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    The Transformational Leadership of Alexander Hamilton The concept of transformational leadership is relatively modern when compared to Alexander Hamilton’s vision of an “energetic executive” (Pandey & Wright, 2010). First defined in the 1970’s (Daft, 2015), transformational leadership traditionally refers to leaders in the private sector, not government service (Pandey & Wright, 2010). However, the vision and accomplishments of Alexander Hamilton helped create both the financial and public administration

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    There are many famous people in history, each person is famous for their own accomplishments, as well as their effect on the world we know today. Some of these famous people in history include Marquis de Lafayette, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton, these people helped change the world for the better. Marie Joseph Pau Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette was born into a family of noble military derivation on September 6, 1757, in Chavaniac, France. Lafayette’s father was killed

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    life of Alexander Hamilton. I will talk a little about Hamilton’s life, explain why I chose to compare the two, and then give similarities I found that the two shared. Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary of the United States, was one of the founding fathers of the U.S. He was born on January 11, 1775 in St.Croix, and came to America in hopes of going to school and fighting in the American Revolution after his mother died and his father abandoned him. Once in America, Hamilton quickly

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    If history could rewind to when Alexander Hamilton was the treasury secretary instead of Jack Lew, the former would most definitely make the more sensible decision: to swap the Andrew Jackson adorned $20 with a prominent historical female portrait. As it is 2015, Treasury Secretary Lew -- seemingly deaf to countless proponents of doing so -- has unilaterally decided that the $10 bill (and Alexander Hamilton) be unseated. Jack Lew said, "With such a wide reach, America's currency makes a statement

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    Additionally, during the performance of “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” the characters of Hamilton and Lafayette both proclaim, “Immigrants: We get the job done.” Each song reinforces the concept of an “American dream” where anyone, including immigrants, can aspire to climb the social ladder as long as they remained dedicated and determined to accomplish their goals. Furthermore, Miranda takes considerable effort to promote equality and inclusion in his production via hiring a racially

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    Republicans. At the forefront were Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, respectively. Their divergent temperaments, views on government, and perception of each other in their individual letters to George Washington on “9 September 1792” reveal the early roots of the party system, and to an extent, political polarization. Hamilton’s self-made aristocratic upbringing likely shaped his urban values as Secretary of Treasury. He

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