The Relationship Between Thomas Jefferson And Alexander Hamilton

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In 1796 George Washington prior to retiring as president had warned that the creation of a political government would most certainly lead to a crisis, perhaps because of their discrepancy of opinions. However, Thomas Jefferson is also known as the "father of the constitution" and the 4th president of the United States, along with Alexander Hamilton, a ardent nationalist who was the author of the majority of papers were written two very important individuals that were leading members of the constitutional convention the both of them had separate parts in creating the factions that lead to the political systems. Looking back at 1786 when Virgina sent James Madison who became the principle intellectual leader of the constitutional convention, …show more content…
However, during this time, that Alexander Hamilton was confiding in George Washington, James Madison along with Thomas Jefferson had been developing into an incident that was un-soliciting and resistant to the executive branch as well as becoming a danger to the union, the American people, and their own lives. Overall during the 1796 election for a chief executive (President) the two parties known as "Federalists" and the anti-federalists that Thomas Jefferson formed under the labels of "republicans" and "federalists". In fact by 1804 a constitutional amendment was passed allowing the president and vice president on the same ballot, as the federalist had started to dominate the national government up to the end of the 18th century, despite President George Washington’s shared views about social relationship, as well as seeking power in a government proving to be unable to promote a widespread agreement that had pertained to the new leaders having emerged forming an organized opposition to Federal policy 's, out of despite Thomas Jefferson’s assurances in his first inaugural he quotes " All Americans are republicans

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