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    parties in the 1790s resulted from contrasting views between Thomas Jefferson’s Republicans and Alexander Hamilton’s Federalists due to different beliefs in regards to the Constitution’s power and the impact of foreign policy and economic growth on the young United States. The Federalists were the first group to control the government of the United States and the accomplishments of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams defined the party. On the other hand, distinguished men like…

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    Madison argued that the Constitution didn't need a Bill of Rights, that it would create a "parchment barrier" that limited the rights of the people, as opposed to protecting them.” (The Great Debate 1). In order to support and defend The Constitution, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay had come up with a plan to write a total of 25 essays divided evenly among the three men, this later became 85 essays.…

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    Political Authority in Second-Wave Civilizations Compared to other classical Eurasian empires, the Hellenistic Era, under Alexander the Great is superior to its contemporaries because of its size, the time it took to build, its diversity and adaptation to culture, and its style of government, the reverence of its subjects, and its legacy. Robert W. Strayer’s 2013 edition of Ways of the World provides evidence that compares and contrasts this empire with other regimes of the era to support this…

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    In the book () written by () , the author explains the challenges the founding brothers including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr faced as the formed the new government of the united states. The author splits the book into seven sections, each telling a different story or series of events. The author tells the reader that they should understand the events both on how they actually occurred, and how they were…

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    The American Revolutionary War occurred between Great Britain and the colonies of the New World. The colonies declared war and sought their independence from Great Britain as a new nation. The war was the combination of the political and series of coarse policies that Great Britain brought onto the colonies that led to the revolution. The American Revolution was led by great leaders that had different assessments of our new nation. These leaders who became our founding fathers had different…

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    Founded in 1791, the people of this party believed that the national government had too much control over individuals and that the local government was more in favor of these individual rights. Democrats opposed Alexander Hamilton's plans of aiding Northern states which had not yet paid off their debts. For this would weaken the power of the states as a whole. They also opposed larger armies stating that they could potentially be a threat to citizen’s individual liberties…

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    Leadership Throughout the Years A point guard yelling and making plays to win. And a New York legislature leading the government. All of these examples of leadership show that one person is willing the take charge and lead a group/person the success. An example of leadership is when a student is falling behind in their school work and the teacher is pleased to stay after school and give the student extra help on their assignments. Another way leadership could be defined is that someone is…

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    noticeable that they disliked each other. In Jefferson’s 1791 memo about Alexander Hamilton, he talked about how Hamilton wanted to be like the British and how he was corrupt. Jefferson spoke his own words to let Hamilton and Jefferson supports to know his opinion. (Doc. 3) Jefferson did not think that Hamilton would have a response speech but Hamilton got right into it. A few months after Thomas Jefferson explained his speech Alexander Hamilton wrote one in response to Jefferson’s. Hamilton…

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    kindly, old lady. “What’s your name, son?” the lady inquired, “A- Alexander, Hamilton.” the small boy wheezed in between staggered breaths. “Well come on in Alex. You must be tired.” the lady replied. “Speaking of which, where are you from?” “I’m from the island of Nevis, I stowed away on a ship to New York, then bought a map of New York, and ran here.” “Wow.” the lady whistled quietly, “Quite an achievement…

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    Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson had one common goal altogether. There goal was to create a fair government for the United States of America that would work and can be set into place for a long period of time. This being said, there are many things they disagree on and have many different viewpoints in government. Both, Hamilton and Jefferson had and wanted two different ideas of how as well as who should control government likewise how government should be controlled. The main ideas and…

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