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WHo was Alexander Hamilton? What did he do?
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Alexander Hamilton as the leader of the federlists. He was smart politically, but he made a buttload of enemies and so he wasnt a candidate for president.
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Who were the founding fathers? WHy were they important?
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The Founding Fathers of the United States were the political leaders who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 or otherwise took part in the American Revolution in winning American independence from Great Britain, or who participated in framing and adopting the United States Constitution in 1787-1788, or in putting the new government under the Constitution into effect. he Founding Fathers as Revolutionaries, identified the following seven figures as the key founding fathers: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton.
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What was the virginia plan? Why was it important?
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Membership in the lower house was to be allocated in proportion to state population, and candidates were to be nominated and elected by the people of each state. Membership in the upper house was to be allocated in the same way, but candidates were to be nominated by the state legislatures and elected by the members of the lower house.
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What was the Great compromise and why was it important?
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n favor of the larger states, membership in the lower house, as in the Virginia Plan, was to be allocated in proportion to state population and candidates were to be nominated and elected by the people of each state. A census of all inhabitants of the United States was to be taken every 10 years.
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WHo was James Madison? WHy was he important?
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He was the principal author of the US Constitution, and is often called the "Father of the Constitution". In 1788, he wrote over a third of the Federalist Papers. As leader in the House of Representatives, Madison worked closely with President George Washington to organize the new federal government. Breaking with Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1791, Madison and Thomas Jefferson organized what they called the Republican Party.
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What was sovereignty?
When did it become important? |
lol
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What was the separation of powers? When was it relevant?
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The constitution did a good job separating state powers and national powers. This was a good system because the national government was overarching.
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Who were the federalists? Why were they important?
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The federalists were led by Alexander Hamilton. They believed that America should industrialize immediately and become a world power. They were the first partty in America and had the whole government for a while
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Who were the anti-federalists? WHy were they important?
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They later became the republican party. Jefferson was a staunch antifederalist.
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What were the federalist papers ? Who wrote them?
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The federalist papers were a set of essays written by republicans
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