Hamilton Vs Thomas Jefferson Analysis

The two opposing visions of government of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson cuckolded two different perspectives of American power and the American people. For Hamilton, America’s strength lays in its commerce, while Jefferson believed in independent farmers. Thomas Jefferson preferred farms and rural life, while Alexander Hamilton preferred the lavish city life style. Thomas Jefferson a native of Shadwell, Virginia. Jefferson was more than an ordinary renaissance man. He was fluent in five different spoken languages and able to read and write two other languages. After the ratification of the constitution, George Washington, the first president of the United States of America appointed Thomas Jefferson as his first secretary of state. Jefferson willingly acknowledged his responsibility as the first secretary of state of the United States of America and moved to the capital in 1790. The French Revolution had quickly occupied Europe’s …show more content…
We have already seen that Jefferson imagined a strong centralized focus on foreign policy, but was as hands-off and unemotional as it could be on domestic matters. He was essentially doubtful of anything that compromised individual independence and was alarmed at the thought of Americans depending on their government. Alexander Hamilton had a different approach to what the government should be. Hamilton believed that the government should play a vital role in individuals’ lives; that the joint, united national identity should be primary. This would mean that the government would compromise individual’s private life. Hamilton would use his position as the United States Treasure to make this vision a reality. By distributing huge amounts of debt, he hoped to involve the Treasury department in the daily operations of the economy, and this would give the government a huge advantage to oversee inhabitant’s private