...Alexander Hamilton was born a British subject on January 11, 1757 in Nevis, British West Indies. He died on July 12, 1804. Hamilton’s parent’s were James Hamilton a merchant. His mothers name was Racheal Levine. When his mother was very young she married John Michael Levine. His mother however, left Mr. Levine and later divorces him, under Danish law, the divorce was granted but she wasn’t allowed to remarry. This made Alexander Hamilton’s birth illegal. Alexander joined the country house of Nicholas Cruger and David Beekman, he was a clerk and apprentice at the age of twelve. At fifteen he was given the company. He attended school at Elizabethtown, New Jersey and later graduated from King’s Collage in New York with a Bachelors in Arts. At the start of the American Revolutionary war he organized an artillery and was chosen captain. He became the senior camp aid to George Washington. After the war Hamilton was elected continental congress of New York but resigned to study law and open a bank in New York. He then became the first Secretary of The Treasury on September 11, 1789. He worked on creating a government and structured cabinets. During Hamilton’s time he did three things that have helped the Untied States for what we have today. Hamilton formed a structured government, federal well-being, and political visions. Hamilton helped form the government back when he was part of the Annapolis Convention he brought up flaws from the government, which was from the Articles of Confederation...
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...In American history, Alexander Hamilton emerged as a pivotal figure, contributing profoundly to the nation’s quest for independence. Transitioning from a humble immigrant’s early challenges in the Caribbean to the strategic battlegrounds of the Continental Army, Alexander Hamilton’s journey encapsulates the essence of the American narrative. This evolution lays the groundwork for comprehending the diverse contributions of a man whose impact reverberates in the foundation of the United States. Alexander Hamilton, a pivotal figure in the American struggle for independence, not only navigated significant challenges but also served as a compelling exemplar, inspiring others to join the movement for freedom. Alexander Hamilton, a central figure...
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...University of Phoenix Material Influences on the Constitution Table Write one or two paragraphs in each section. Include citations for your sources. |Documents |Summary |What was its influence on the Constitution? | |Magna Carta |The Magna Carta was signed between the Barons of Medieval England and King John. The |The Magna Carta established the right of due process and provided a basis of higher law that could not | | |Great Charter was signed at Runnymeade near the Windsor Castle and was an attempt by |be altered by executive mandate or legislative acts ("Magna Carta: Cornerstone Of The U.s. | | |the Barons to prohibit the King from abusing his power over the people ("Magna |Constitution", n.d.). | | |Carta", 2000-2012).. | | | |The Magna Carta consists of 63 clauses, many of the clauses address the English legal |Magna Carta: Cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution. (n.d.). Retrieved from | | |system. It states that every man shall...
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...different groups, the Federalists lead by Alexander Hamilton and the Democratic-Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson, which thought this could be achieved in very different ways. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were very different in their methods to try and develop America as a nation. The two were very much alike because they both were avid Americans, and wanted to see the nation succeed. Both men were very involved in the U.S. Government and tried to voice their opinions on the best method for success. Neither of them would give any ground on their ideas, which created great conflict in the first years of the U.S. Government. Alexander Hamilton was a member of the Federalist Party. He supported a larger central government where the states had less power than the Federal government. Hamilton believed that bigger central government would provide assistance to programs and business to help them succeed. “Not only the wealth but the independence and security of a country appear to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufacturers” (Document C).Hamilton thought that the U.S. should lean more towards a manufacturing economy opposed to an agricultural one. Along with that idea Hamilton thought that a Central Bank was best for the economy to maintain a national debt that would ensure credibility, and to establish taxes. Hamilton was also supportive of the wealthy aristocrats having more influence in government he believed that the common people were not...
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...Federalist No.15 was written by Alexander Hamilton. The paper is written to address the issue on how we needed a stronger federal government and how it would be a good idea for the Union. Hamilton gives examples such as how “We have neither troops, nor treasury, nor government” in which is important for a strong nation and government to have and how without these it can affect the Unites States badly. The United States should have a stronger federal government if it is to prosper. Hamilton puts out many weaknesses and strengths. He argues and states that one weakness of the current confederation is how the “United States has an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either, by regulations extending to the individual citizens.” So, what this means is that the laws that the Union or Federal Government put out are just mere recommendations or advise for the states to follow if they so wish so. They are under no obligation to do so though. Which is a weakness and why Hamilton believes a stronger federal Government is needed. I agree with Hamilton on this statement. It is indeed a weakness for a federal government to be able to write laws but have no authority to enforce them and for them to be just mere advice for the states. If this is how it is to be then there is not really any...
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...answering the following questions: o What is the significance of Alexander Hamilton’s financial program? o How did Hamilton’s financial program play a role in the creation of a two-party political system? The significances of Alexander Hamilton’s financial program were to design to prop up the nation’s fiancés and ensure the continued financial strength. Hamilton’s two main goals were to: use the power of the federal government to make the United States both economically strong and independent of Europe, through national manufacturing and commerce; and to link the interests of America’s wealthy to the interests of the new government. Hamilton’s financial program played a huge role in the creation of a two-party political system bringing the states together under one central government bank through a new system and new taxes; Hamilton wanted the central government to pay the debts of the states from the Revolutionary War. Hamilton also wanted to strengthen the national bank and then had the bank called “the bank of the United States”. With Hamilton program there were people who did not like the economic programs Hamilton had developed and this led to the splitting of American politics into two major political parties: The Federalists party supported Hamilton financial program; and the opposition, called the Republicans did not. Hamilton consolidation of power for his program through broad interpretation of the Constitution...
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...Yes and No! Alexander Hamilton expressed his concerns in Federalist Paper No. 84, "Bill of rights. He believed it was not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution, but would even be dangerous." Hamilton asks, "For why declare that things shall not be done by Congress which there is no power to do? Why, for instance, should it be said that the liberty of the press shall not be restrained, when no power is given to Congress by which restrictions may be imposed?" Hamilton's argument was that Congress can only do what the Constitution specifically gives it authority to do. Powers not granted belong to the people and the states. Another way of putting Hamilton's concern to theory. Why have an amendment prohibiting Congress from interfering on our right to play hopscotch when the Constitution gives Congress no authority to interfere upon our hopscotch rights in the first place? Alexander Hamilton added that a Bill of Rights would "contain various exceptions to powers not granted and, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more powers than were granted. To mollify Alexander Hamilton's fears about how a Bill of Rights might be used as a pretext to interfere on human rights, the Framers added the Ninth Amendment. Boiled down to its basics, the Ninth...
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...generated by the barons of |When the thirteen US colonies became independent from Great Britain in 1776, it | | |England and the Archbishop Steven Langton of the Catholic |needed to set a central government to pass laws and enforce the laws. During this | | |Church to limit the powers that King John possessed during the |time many British settlers followed the great Britain law that was put in place by | | |12 century and of any king thereafter. The Magna Carta came |the Magna Carta. In 1789 the United States Constitution was ratified and many of the| | |into law on June 15, 1215 and marked the beginning to a |Magna Carta laws were introduced to the foundation of what is the United States | | |constitutional England where the laws were promised to be good |Constitution. Such laws as that of no man should be punished without a fair trial by| | |and fair to its people. There were several clauses to the Magna|its peers. Furthermore no government should have complete power over its people. | | |Carta; most of them concerned England legal system. Thus it |According to “Wise Greek” (2012). “The Magna...
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...Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were two totally different individuals, which was why they both were chosen as leaders of the New Government created by Washington. Hamilton was the Secretary of Treasury, and Jefferson was Secretary of State. Both men agreed with the idea of the Constitution, but that was about it. Hamilton did not like your average person. He thought average citizens were ignorant, selfish, and untrustworthy. Jefferson was the complete opposite. He believed in the common citizen, saying that they worked harder than everyone else in a blue collar sort of way. He also believed that the common citizen had and an ideal amount of information about certain government ideas and that they would be able to make the smart decisions...
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...strengthen the ties between Americans and the federal government. The National Bank has allowed America to grow its economy, unit as country, and improve trade between the colonies. But when the first National Bank plan entered into Congress there was much controversy over it. Two men, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, held two very different and opposing views on the Bank plan. This led to much controversy over the plan and how they believed it would impact the nation. At the root of the controversy was wether or not the plan was constitutional. Both men interpreted the clauses in the Constitution differently, so both Hamilton and Jefferson submitted plans to President Washington in hopes their view would prevail. The conflict between Hamilton and Jefferson’s opposing views came to a head in 1791. Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury at the time, submitted a report to Congress on a plan for a National Bank. There was great controversy over the creation of a National Bank for many reasons. The main reason being that Hamilton stated that its creation was completely justified by the Constitutions elastic clause. The elastic clause grants Congress the power “to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper” (Elastic Clause Law & Legal Definition) and to carry out its duties. In his plan Hamilton wrote that the bank was “necessary and proper”, and that the Constitution allowed all things “necessary and proper”. Hamilton believed that the clause justified the creation...
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...and their ideas up to the top. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were two of Washington’s advisers, and their affair caught the attention of the public which were influenced by opinionated newspapers. Hamilton and Jefferson had differing views over how the nation should be run. The first idea they argued over was whether they should rely on manufacturing or farming. Hamilton liked the growth of cities, and wanted to model itself after Britain. Jefferson disagreed, thinking that manufacturing would corrupt the United States. They also had different beliefs in the type of government. Hamilton liked the idea of a national government, thinking that it would need to be stable for the nation to be strong. Once again, Jefferson opposed Hamilton’s idea, stating that the national government would take advantage of its powers. Bringing other countries into their debate, they clashed over their separate ideas of foreign policy. Having France as an ally during the Revolution, Jefferson wanted France. However, Hamilton thought Britain, a close...
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...specific part of this document was influenced in part of an amendment and written into the Constitution of what is known to become the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution. The document became the basis of a higher law that could not be altered, even by legislative acts. It embraced the leaders of the American Revolution and parts of it are embedded in the US Constitution and enforced by the Supreme Court. The part of which we referring to say, “Nor shall any person be deprived of life, liberty and property without due process of law.” Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was a contract thought up by the 102 pilgrims who were the first ones to arrive in the new world. The pilgrims realized they need a government authority so they wrote up the contract themselves and signed by 41 of the male men onboard the Mayflower. A compact was...
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...building blocks of democracy that America is known for today. The Articles of Confederation are in many way an extension of what makes up the United States Constitution. In 1777, there wear a combination of thirteen states that came together to mold a type of government document that the United States could determine as “central” style of government. These states included New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. By late 1787, the Articles of Confederation were replaced by a more complete United States Constitution. There are several differences and similarities that lead to this American government transformation. The origination of the Articles of Confederation were a dynamic that was set into place in order to safeguard the union of states from any foreign control. It was a time in which the newly born states were yearning to be a set of sovereign states but stay independent from British colony control. Thus, the Articles of Confederation were originated. There were several important aspects of the Articles of Confederation that helped the United States reach a somewhat government goal. In the articles, states were allowed to collect taxes from its citizens in order to further the development and provide the necessities of that state. Each individual state was permitted to do business and interstate commerce with one another. Any type...
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...Jefferson vs. Hamilton: Confrontations that shaped the Nation Thomas Jefferson was born in affluence to his father, Peter Jefferson, a rising young planter in the Virginia colony, and his mother, Jane Randolph, who held a high status within the colony as well. Due to his father’s prosperity Jefferson was afforded the absolute best in the ways of education, starting with private tutors at the age of five, then moving on to learn how to read Greek and Roman and finally taking his studies to the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg which he would say is “…what probably fixed the destinies of my life…” (5). On the other side of the spectrum, Alexander Hamilton son of James Hamilton, a Scotsman of a well-known family but never flourished on his own, and his mother, Rachel Fawcett Lavien, who had left her husband to live with James Hamilton. Hamilton’s early life was just that his father “drifted away” and his mother passed in 1768. Lacking wealth, Hamilton’s educational opportunities in his young life were nonexistent; however this did not stop him from gaining a vast knowledge of business and finance that he would later on use in his services to President George Washington. In addition to these politically influential men’s different early lives, they have their differences in opinions. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were not just on different issues that shaped the nation, but they were at the head of those differences. Jefferson distrusted the federal government, which...
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...1. The Federalist wanted a strong central government and weak state governments. The major federalist were Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, and George Washington. The Anti-Federalist wanted power in the states and didn't want a powerful central government. The key anti-federalist were John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, George Mason, and Mercy Otis Warren. The federalist favored the Constitution because it gave Congress the power to govern domestic affairs. Not only that but they were given the power to tax due to the Constitution. They did not trust the people to solve the major problems the nation had so they wanted a strong central government to counter that. The Constitution implemented a check and balance system so that one branch isn't too powerful...
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