The Status Of A New Nation Analysis

As the United States developed its status of a new nation, its inhabitants were afraid of a reign of tyranny that would turn out to be like that of Britain rule. The first widespread document for the former thirteen colonies were the Articles of Confederation, which established that, centralized government was toxic to liberty and assigned most of the powers to the individual states. One of the major flaws of the Articles was that, it basically set up the country as a community of different countries, rather than a unified one. The federal government was frail, the only powers that it possessed were: Declaration of war, foreign affairs, and the ratification of treaties. Furthermore, with a debt due to the Revolutionary War, and the lack of …show more content…
Despite this, after Hamilton’s views went public, an opposition emerged. The main point of discongruence was the juxtaposition between Hamilton’s idea of a commercial republic and that of the more “pro-people” supporters of an expansion of the United States for the development, rather than relying of the relations with Britain. They were more focused on creating a system of independent, free trader farmers, as opposed to Hamilton’s belief of a more capitalist and business-like nation. As a result of these differences, the first political parties were born: The Federalist party -Hamilton’s-, and the Democratic-Republican party -Jefferson and Madison’s-. The Federalists, supported Washington administration, and therefore Hamilton’s economic program of business, elitist society, and close relations with Britain. Its counterpart, the Republicans, were more interested in a democratic self-governance, focused more on the farmers, all people rather than just the wealthy, and favored France instead of Britain. Another event in the importance of Washington’s attesting of political views was the Whiskey Rebellion, when …show more content…
His main goal was to dismantle much of the Federalist system as possible, among his many actions in eight years of presidency were: Passing the Sedition Act to pardon the imprisoned, minimize federal government, eliminate the excessive intervention of the government in economic affairs, abolished most taxes, amongst other actions. It is pertinent to emphasize that, Jefferson kept the tax on whiskey, which seems very ironic given that it was extremely hated, and supported by the Federalists. The case of taxes is just the root to prove that, Jefferson did fulfill some of Hamilton goals. In the document “Thomas Jefferson on Race and Slavery”, Jefferson contradicts himself on his main view on economic instigations: He declares that slaves should be freed and exiled out of the United States, yet his main goal is to create a rural and farming-based country. This is proof of Jefferson’s contradiction since, the main requirement for farming in the rural States would be the utilization of slaves. Hamilton’s prediction that, uprooting national authority was impossible to achieve entirely, and supported by his favoritism on the loose interpretation of the Constitution. In Marbury v. Madison the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that they have the power to determine whether an act of Congress or any other entity, violates the Constitution of the United States. This power, known by the term