Differences Between Hamilton And Jefferson

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During Andrew Shankman and Carson Holloway sermons, both scholars shared their viewpoints on Jefferson and Hamilton. As well as, I’ve learned about both “Founding Fathers,” based on their political views and rival between Jefferson and Hamilton. After learning more about Hamilton’s life and policies, in fact, he was an ambitious individual with many enemies on his back. However, I find Hamilton views were better than Jefferson in many ways: he wanted government and people to pay back their debt, launch a National Bank system in America and believed America should develop a manufacturing system. In contrast, Jefferson main focused was on (farmers or plantation owners) agriculture industry. Thus, causing a conflict between both leaders due to

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