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    In Federalist No. 10, James Madison wrote that, "Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens,[...]." Madison as well as the other founding fathers were aware of the dangers inherent to direct democracy. For example, one of the main issues of direct democracy is majority rule going to mob rule. A solution to this is the more factions the better. A backwards idea in theory, but it truly works when you have more diversity in a representative democracy. Madison is

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    Question 2 As a response to angry and frustrated citizens at the fact that nothing had been in President Barack Obama’s first two years in office, James Madison, author of Federalist 10 and 51, would argue that the government was created by the Framers to be virtually unable to get anything done, and if he had gotten anything done, the government was not working correctly. A president is not the supreme leader of a country, therefore the Constitution designs a system separation of powers and the

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    want a more focused federal power. The opinions of two groups known as the Federalists and Anti-Federalists were divided about the new proposed Constitution. The founding members known as the Federalists wanted a strong central government and weak state governments were in favor of keeping the newly proposed Constitution,whereas the opposing group of men were known as the Anti-Federalists were opposed to it. The Anti-Federalists had believed that the power should belong to the states and not the central

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    Thomas Jefferson and the Federalists disagreed about how much power governments should have over the individual liberty of American citizens. He believed that the ideal citizen should not be affected directly by the national government. Thomas Jefferson, as an Anti-Federalist, influenced American society today by contributing his philosophies regarding federal power over the lives of people to the founding documents, religion, and race. To begin with, Jefferson used these philosophies to influence

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    the United States were the Federalists and the Republicans. The Federalist party was originally led and based off by the ideals of Alexander Hamilton, and they had a desire for a strong central government and trade rights. Jefferson and the Republicans during this time, on the other hand, were strong advocates for state power against the tyrannical central government. Jefferson’s views changed some during his presidency, as did the views of many of his party. The Federalist party disappeared eventually

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    The original parties of America were the Democratic Republicans and the Federalists. The Federalists were made by Alexander Hamilton. The DEmocratic Republicans were made by thomas Jefferson and John Adams. As you can imagine these parties had very different views for the new country. They disagreed on a lot of things, including whether they should have a strong state government or a strong federal government. Federalists wanted a strong Federal government, however the Democratic Republicans opposed

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    The Federalist Paper #18 was written by James Madison, also know as the Father of the Constitution, who was the 4th president of the United States and contributed to multiple documents in history. For example, he established the democratic-republican party, initiated the War of 1812, co-signed for the Federalist Paper, and sponsored the US Bill of Rights (James Madison). He was an extravagant leader and is greatly known for all of his great accomplishments. Federalist paper 18 establishes how when

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    a) The rivalry between the Federalists and the Jeffersonians were still going as, as both parties took any chance they got in order to demote the other party i) The Federalist started a whispering campaign and spread rumors about Thomas Jefferson as many people didn't like his atheist views a) When Thomas Jefferson won the presidential election in 1800, he stated that this would be like another revolution in which he wanted to restore the experiment of republicanism

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    Thomas Jefferson views Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican believer, had philosophical differences from the Federalists. Jefferson’s desires a rural nation, in which farmers could export raw materials to facilitate their rural life style. In Jefferson vision, farming was the way to grown economy in the nation. In contrast to Federalists, in which supported factories that could manufacture items from the fields, forests, and mines and military items, such as warships and gunpowder. In addition

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    Federalist paper number ten is an essay written by James Madison about the writing of the then new United States Constitution. According to Madison, the Constitution would set up a government that is able to minimize the damage caused by factions. That is significant, because many previous governments have fallen due to opposing factions. Although factions may be created to protect the interests of certain groups, they ultimately lead to an unstable and problematic government, as well as limits on

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