Anti-Federalism

When people choose a president, they typically want someone with intelligence, a good reputation, and a plan on how to improve and better the country. It’s always a risk voting someone into office because there is no way to fully know if the candidate will keep all of his promises. It has been this way since the beginning, and the only way to know if the candidate will keep his word is to elect him in and watch what he does during his term. Looking at past presidents such as Thomas Jefferson,…

In 1821, Mexico would achieve its independence and adopted its constitution in the year 1824. His new constitution provided for a 19 states federal republic, one federal district and four territories. This would see power being divided by the executive, self-determination being recognized, equality law, freedom of press and expression, innocent before one is proven guilty, private property protection, agrarian reforms and special privileges for military and clergy abolition. The newly Mexico…

The main source of the split between Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian beliefs lies in whether the majority of power should lie in a centralized government or in the states. In other words their viewpoints of federalism Vs. republicanism would transpire a political and personal vendetta between the two men. Hamiltonians pushed towards more federal power while Jeffersonians plead for more individual and state rights. Other core differences were opinions on whether democracy should be continuously…

After being appointed as the Treasury Secretary by President George Washington in 1789, Alexander Hamilton proposed a financial plan which he stated that would help gain the confidence of potential investors, those in the United States and foreigners. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison disagreed with Hamilton’s financial plan, causing there to be a major disagreement on the path the United States should take to become a stronger country economically. As this argument continued, many started to…

While trying to ratify the constitution two parties were formed, the Federalist and Anti-Federalist. Now the Federalist wanted a strong government with a strong executive branch. Now the Federalist felt that the Constitution was fine just the way it was, that there was no need for a Bill of Rights. The Federalist also believed that only the elite and educated should be eligible to lead the colonies. Alexander Hamilton was a great influence with the Federalist since he believed that they should…

the had one question. How did the constitution guard against tyranny? Tyranny by definition is a person or group from having or getting too much power. They made the constitution prevents this tyranny by having four major ideas. Those ideas are federalism, Separation of powers, checks and balances, and finally equal representation in congress. The first concept that was…

countries such as Canada, Germany and the United States are able to get points across better both nationally, and provincially/state-wide. Even though this is the case, sometimes it can lead to difficulties in cohesion between these two branches of federalism. Having a division of powers within a government can lead to a weakness within interest groups. If the provincial level wants different things to be done or does not agree from the federal level it can take much longer and be much more of…

Alexander Hamilton Over two hundred years before Lin Manuel-Miranda’s “Hamilton” hit Broadway, our “Ten dollar founding father without a father” was making waves by being one of the most controversial figures in Colonial America. Alexander Hamilton became one of America’s most influential founding fathers by establishing the modern American economy and being one of the strongest advocates for the United States’ Constitution, as well as doing many other things to make America the great nation…

and the Anti-Federalists. Prominent Federalist figures included Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Patrick Henry, and Samuel Adams while the prominent Anti-Federalist figures included Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John Jay, and John Adams. The Federalist supporters consisted of large farmers, merchants and artisans while the Anti-Federalist supporters consisted of small farmers, mainly from rural areas. There were many issues that divided the two positions. One issue involved the…

constitution has many features to purposefully restrain our government, most importantly checks and balances, the system that one branch of government uses to reign the other one in from becoming too powerful. Furthermore, during the Federalist and Anti-Federalist debates, the Federalists added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution, a list of rights of the people that the government cannot infringe on. As stated in the constitution, specifically the 10th amendment, “The powers not delegated to…