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    Two Party System Cons

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    The United States government is known for its democracy and the ability that every person has a voice because of their vote. There is voting year-round for things such as governors and mayors, small positions but they require voting and have an importance. Most people only pay attention to the presidential elections and their voices being heard there During the presidential elections, it usually dwindles down to the final candidates which are usually either a democrat and a republican and the third

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    Madison, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Aaron Burr, Abigail Adams, and Benjamin Franklin. Ellis argues that the formation of the United States that we have today was not preordained but rather established by the founding fathers when they resolved issues like Slavery and federalism. Ellis was wrote like he knew a lot about our political history. He told the readers on what to expect from the early republicans. His view on this shows us the doorway to their minds like Jefferson, and Hamilton as

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    Alexander Hamilton and his group of federalists were made up of merchants, bankers, and manufacturers including some wealthy farmers and southern plantation owners. They were mostly well educated, owned property, and lived along the coast of New England. On the other hand, the republicans, Jefferson’s cohorts, were mainly artisans, shopkeepers, frontier settlers, backcountry farmers, and poor farmers. They were generally ill-educated, illiterate, and the majority was settled in the interior regions

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    should not be lawfully unable to do so. As Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln have individually expressed, there are many people that believe that children should be incorporated into the workforce. In his “Report on Manufactures” in 1795, Alexander Hamilton expresses how he believes that children should be continued to be sent to colonial America,

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    Topic A: Federalists vs. Republicans Even when discussing the draft of Constitution and after its ratification by the states there were two currents in the American republic, later became the first political parties. The Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton wanted to create a strong central government with the supremacy of national interests. Their opponents, later called democratic republicans sought restrictions on the powers of the national government, strengthening state and local authorities

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    Manuel Miranda's top hit Broadway show “Hamilton: An American Musical”, dueling was a topic looked at, with have a few characters participating in at least one duel throughout the show. These duels are nothing else then actions,however their motives are significant. As mentioned earlier before, Lin Manuel Miranda’s play “Hamilton: An American Musical” pays special attention to these so called actions of honor also known as  duels. In the duel between Hamilton and Burr, Miranda interprets Hamilton’s

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    was about honor so of course one of them had to go down, it just so happened to be Hamilton. Chapter two The Dinner talks about a dinner in 1790 that was held by Thomas Jefferson where he invited James Madison and Alexander Hamilton hoping to resolve personal issues. Not only did they want to move past their disagreements, but Jefferson was trying to convince Madison to agree to the financial plan and have Hamilton agree to help locate the nation’s new capital in the South. After the dinner, Jefferson

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    One of the most important developments in American history is the formation of the two party system. Since Jefferson and Hamilton fought for the support of the nation, American politics has been characterized by the battle between two ideologies. The split between Americans began with the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties. The Federalists, led by Hamilton, believed in a national bank, high tariffs, good relations with Britain, and were strong proponents of northern business. The Democratic-Republicans

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    itself of constant threats to the liberties and freedoms of the American people and the greater good as well as to preserve its intended purpose for as long as it is able. Political leaders such as Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton all had concerns about competing interests that

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    The verifiable background of the United States has been more than once stamped by fight to keep up the feelings of our various extraordinary pioneers. Joseph J. Ellis ' novel, Founding Brothers: the Revolutionary Generation, offers an outstanding perspective on why this is; as he withdraws to a rate of the beginnings of American political issues. From our outstandingly origination as a nation, a pretty much tumultuous air enveloped administrative issues, which clearly has doubtlessly continued into

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