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    The Federalist Paper

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    contain eighty-five essays which were printed unknown by Alexander Hamilton,

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    Constitution. Out of all the federalist papers, these are two of the most important federalist papers. So what were the federalist papers? They were 85 essays written by three gentlemen: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that explained particular provisions of the Constitution in detail. Alexander Hamilton goes on to be the first treasury secretary, James Madison goes on to be the fourth president and John Jay the first chief justice in US history. So what was the purpose of these papers

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    concludes the “father of our country” very much acted upon his own self-interest, veiled as it was under a curtain of national interests. He takes serious issue as well with other leaders of the early republic's political establishment, especially Alexander Hamilton and John Neville, the latter of which he seems to set out as the true instigator of the riots. The tone of bias in favor of the frontiersmen is firmly set in this opening section and carries forward in the rest of the volume. Part two of the

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    be one of our downfalls, and have us plummet deeper into this crises. Washington may have thought this was good to brush up on because there was a division in his very own cabinet. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were both part of different political parties, which ended up causing a lot of disagreement. Hamilton thought that the rich was the greatest part of our nation and Jefferson thought it was farmers and small landowners. They had many disagreements which split Washington’s cabinet. He

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    Broadway musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda does a great job of bridging that gap. Many of the issues that were faced in the time period of Alexander Hamilton are also faced in the world today. An example of this is politicians riding the fence on important issues. A main character in the play is criticized greatly for doing this just as people are currently. In Miranda’s Hamilton, characters are faced with issues and are asked to take a stand just as political leaders are today. Hamilton had a rough

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    Power Of The New Nation

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    The Federalist party was lead by the Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, along with John Jay and Gouverneur Morris. The Federalist ideals emphasized the need of federal power, favored large businesses, believed the country needed a strong financial system, and interpreted the Constitution loosely. (“Political Parties

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    Founding brothers The author who wrote this book is Joseph J. Ellis. One of the greatest American historian and author of eight books, including the ones we are reading. He also showed up the majority of a national publication, such as PBS Documentary. He also got awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the founding brothers: the revolution Generation and the top books he had published was American Sphinx, His Excellence: George Washington, and the newest book that it came out called revolutionary Summary

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    judgment of the terms under the Articles of Confederation. Holton claims that historians excessively rely on sources by the Federalist which reveals a prejudiced Federalist view (Hollitz, 110). Woody Holton uses the writings of James Madison and Alexander Hamilton to expose the Founding Fathers deeper motives in writing the Constitution. The Founding Fathers were frustrated because state legislatures had been given in to popular demands to reduce taxes and increase the money supply (for relief from

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    South grew. In the Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations), there were higher protective tariffs to New England Mills; and Southerners were outraged including Calhoun. On July 11, 1804, a bullet from Aaron Burr’s pistol put an end to the life of Alexander Hamilton. However, it did not put an end to Hamilton’s vision for America. In 1806, a twenty-nine year old Kentuckian entered the U.S Senate and breathed life into Hamilton’s vision. His name was Henry Clay. For the next forty years, the man whom Abraham

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    The Bloodless Revolution of 1800 was a very important event that shaped our nation into what it is today. The Revolution changed America 's history in major ways. The twelfth amendment was created and the party divisions that we see today in our modern government are results of the conflict. The revolution was also a test: could the young nation of America shift power peacefully, as the founding father 's had intended? Or would everything collapse after only one president leading the country? The

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