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Zach Verkem Honors US History 1 Summer Assignment Founding Brothers Preface: The Generation 1. The founding of the United States is so phenomenal because a colony not only won their independence, but won it from the most powerful nation with the most powerful army and navy at the time. According the Ellis’s preface, the founding of this new nation occurred suddenly, rather than gradually. As well as the victory against England, and the sudden creation of the United States

In Federalist 10 by James Madison, he addresses key issues like factions and democracy, all while focusing on the usefulness of the Constitution and the necessity of a strong central government, to defend his Federalist ideology. Personally, I agree with the foundation of his arguments, especially on the topic of forms of government, as well as the role of representation in our government. Madison’s primary focus throughout the beginning of this paper is factions. He holds a deep disdain for them

during that time. The first major political party is the Federalists party. The Federalist party was one of the first major political parties. The Federalists party consist of many of the people who supported the stronger central government such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. The major conflicting party of this time is the Anti-Federalist. The Major conflict of this time is was the U.S Constitution. The Federalist had the Major advantage of being well funded and have the most information

while strictly interpreting the Constitution. Federalists strived for national unity and broadly interpreted the Constitution. Leading Federalists included Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and for a short time James Madison (199). The anti-Federalists were led by James Monroe, and later James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. The Federalists and anti-Federalists disagreed on fundamental ideals such as how the new nation should handle matters including finance, foreign policy, and naturalization. As the head

There are numerous possible conclusions as to what the Constitution may have looked like had James Madison gotten his way at the debates in the Federal Convention. Initially, Madison’s vision of government lined up with the Virginia Plan presented by Edmund Randolph to the Federal Convention on May 29th, 1787. This plan stressed the interest of a stronger national government, with representation in the legislative branch based on the apportionment of people, instead of states, and subjected state

“Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion”, said the Irish political philosopher, Edmund Burke. Through time, the same question has popped up in the American minds: are representatives actually elected to represent us and our best interests, or on the contrary, to perform according to their concerns? In his “Letter to the Electors of Bristol”, Burke argues several controversial points; as an Irish

the better, without Hamilton modern america might not look like it does in present time. Alexander Hamilton was born in the British west indies, Hamilton didn’t have aristocrat parents and luxuries other founding fathers had. His parents were James Hamilton and Rachel Lavien, his father left when Hamilton was eight years old and his mother tragically died three years later. He then at the age of fifteen was raised by a minister who discovered his abilities and enrolled him in what is now Columbia

The most pressing troubles fronting the new government were economic. As the outcome of the revolution, the federal government had developed an enormous debt: $54 million counting interest. The states owed another $25 million. Paper money supplied below the Continental Congresses and Articles of Confederation was valueless. Foreign credit was absent. The person given to the task of determining these conflicts was 32-year-old Alexander Hamilton. Born out-of-wedlock in the West Indies in 1757, he was

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

During the Era of Good Feeling, while westward expansion was booming, a sense of unity and nationalism emerged as a result of the post-war reconstruction period as well as the decline of the federalist party; however, the Panic of 1819 caused a severe economic depression making this period not an Era of Good Feelings. Although the one party system was somewhat beneficial during the Era of Good Feelings, creating a false sense of political unity between the people, poor economic decisions lead to