Dolley Madison

The Summer of 1787 The Summer of 1787 is written by David O. Stewart, who not only graduated from Yale College and Law school, but also worked on the New York legislature. He is a lawyer turned author, who used his experience as a law clerk as well as a lawyer to help him write The Summer of 1787 as well as many other books, such as, The Fight for Lincoln's Legacy, American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America, and the Lincoln Deception. Stewart’s novel, The Summer of 1787,…

Federalists from the pre-Constitutional era remained Federalists, while Jeffersonians named themselves Democratic-Republican. President Washington warned about the dangers of political parties because they would divide the government and the nation into sides. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson led their parties, the Federalist and the Democratic-Republic respectively. As Washington had predicted, the nation was divided between two points of views, but political parties allow people to…

Madison (1803), which strengthened the judicial branch by recognizing judicial review as unconstitutional. In the same year, the United States was doubled in size by the Louisiana Purchase. In 1807, the Embargo Act backfired economically because we needed…

During the great debate over the ratification of the American Constitution in 1787, two groups, Federalists and Anti-Federalists, were extremely concerned with the safeguarding of liberty. However, these two groups absolutely disagreed whether or not a strong national government would uphold or ultimately annihilate the liberty of the American people. The Federalists supported the Constitution and a stronger national government. The Anti-Federalists, on the other hand, opposed the final…

When the Constitution was written in 1787 no one had expected the arisal of political parties. The first president of the United States, George Washington, even warned against “the danger of parties in the State” in his farewell address (Washington 1796). Yet, in what seemed like no time, two very different political parties had risen. The first of these parties to be created was the Federalist party which was lead by such men as Alexander Hamilton; The second party, which was created to oppose…

too elite, but their free speech was taken away and they could not do much about it. In the Virginia Resolution, a response the Sedition Act, James Madison talked about how the power the government was exercising was not only not granted by the constitution, but was also “expressly and positively forbidden by one of the amendments thereto” (James Madison 283). Essentially, the government went against their own constitution that allowed freedom of speech by making it things illegal. They also…

Patrick Henry at a Debate in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5 1788, and James Madison, in the Federalist, Number 10, 1787 represent two different perspectives on the ratification of the constitution. Anti-federalists and federalists were opposing forces in the ratification process. Anti-federalists wanted to prevent the constitution from being ratified while the federalists favored a strong central government and the passage of the constitution. Anti-federalists were against the…

United States just as Washington’s presidency was coming to a close. The two factions emerging would be the Federalists in support of Alexander Hamilton and those opposing were the Democratic-Republicans that were led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Federalists believed in a strong central government that centered around the rich and elite, along with a need for economic growth. The Republicans believed that a strong central government would only oppress or restrict the rights of…

Separation of powers along with checks and balances correlated together to form the balance that the founding fathers where looking forward to. The Federalist Papers were written by three men, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. However, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison were the two main ones that I wanted to mention since their point of view reflected on the topic of separation of power. It is a document that brought three men together in order to work things in order to make…

I have some advice for your presidency based on Thomas Jefferson’s experience as a president. Let’s begin with the most important presidential dealing: foreign policy. My biggest advice to you is to avoid alliances that you know may come back and bite you in the butt. Jefferson had two of the biggest countries at his disposal to trade with, Britain and France, but he established the Non Intercourse Act in order to avoid a war since he tried to maintain Neutrality. As Jefferson says, “Commerce…