The birth of America was complicated and consisted of many problems because as a child, the country did not have a mother to guide it through infancy. The United States had to learn lessons and solve problems on its own in order to stand on its own as a leading and powerful country. In Founding Brothers, Joseph Ellis goes in detail about the troubles America faced in the start up, the indifferences between Jefferson and Washington, and the rifts of Jefferson and Adams. America went through many trials and tribulations in its infancy stages. A major problem that Ellis describes is the terrifying $77.1 million in wartime debt (Ellis 55). The daunting task of reducing the large amount of state debt weighed heavy on the founding brother. Ellis
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Two delegates one from New York and one from Philadelphia made a petition to end slavery. The founding brothers were conflicted on two sides, one side wanted to keep slavery while the other wanted to abolish slavery. A major reason that slavery could not be abolished was the fact that it would increase the states debt and the federal budget was only $7 million (Ellis 106). The counterpart was to abolish slavery for the following two reasons: “slavery and the slave trade were incompatible with the values for which the American Revolution had been fought…” and “…it challenged the claim that the Constitution prohibited any legislation by the federal government against slave trade for twenty years” (Ellis 83). The founding brothers technically could not pass any laws on slavery because the constitution prohibited Congress from passing laws about slavery for twenty years (Ellis …show more content…
The major problems that the founding brothers faced in the start up of America were resolved through Madison allowing for Hamilton’s assumption plan to pass and Madison in favor would get Hamilton’s help in the approval of the capital’s location at Potomac. The founding brothers also argued over the rightness of slavery. However, they were unable to solve anything either way due to the Constitution, which didn’t allow the brothers to do much. Despite all the early conflicts and problems that arose in the foundation of America, the country prevailed and became one of the most powerful countries in the world
Two delegates one from New York and one from Philadelphia made a petition to end slavery. The founding brothers were conflicted on two sides, one side wanted to keep slavery while the other wanted to abolish slavery. A major reason that slavery could not be abolished was the fact that it would increase the states debt and the federal budget was only $7 million (Ellis 106). The counterpart was to abolish slavery for the following two reasons: “slavery and the slave trade were incompatible with the values for which the American Revolution had been fought…” and “…it challenged the claim that the Constitution prohibited any legislation by the federal government against slave trade for twenty years” (Ellis 83). The founding brothers technically could not pass any laws on slavery because the constitution prohibited Congress from passing laws about slavery for twenty years (Ellis …show more content…
The major problems that the founding brothers faced in the start up of America were resolved through Madison allowing for Hamilton’s assumption plan to pass and Madison in favor would get Hamilton’s help in the approval of the capital’s location at Potomac. The founding brothers also argued over the rightness of slavery. However, they were unable to solve anything either way due to the Constitution, which didn’t allow the brothers to do much. Despite all the early conflicts and problems that arose in the foundation of America, the country prevailed and became one of the most powerful countries in the world