Federalist No. 10

At the time, the Federalists were in charge of Congress, and Adams was still president. Other political parties such as the Democratic-Republicans refused to enforce laws in some of the states, and Adams feared that a revolution was going to occur. This lead to the Federalist controlling Congress to pass the Alien and Seditions Acts, which were signed into law by President Adams.18 The idea of the Alien and Sedition Acts were caused by the Federalist party. They felt that French were…

He was not in favor for the Constitution because it allowed the federal government too much power and it did not have a bill of rights. His opposition helped the bill of rights become drafted and the first 10 amendments to be added d. Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was a politician, statesman, diplomat, intellectual, writer, scientist, and philosopher and is best known in writing the Declaration of Independence. He had an impact to improve the protection…

father gets to grow old yet Alexander Hamilton doesn’t get enough credit for all the credit he gave our nation. Alexander Hamilton deserves the legacy he always longed and fought for.Hamilton had a difficult childhood his father left when he was only 10 leaving him and his mother in poverty.Two years later Hamilton and his mother fell ill and tragically his mother passed away leaving him an orphan. Alexander knew he had to self educate himself to rise up and to escape poverty he wrote a book…

introduction of representative democracy in the United States after the establishment of the US constitution in 1788. The founding fathers of American agreed that direct democracy would be detrimental to US society. James Madison wrote in the the Federalist papers 10 that direct democracy would create the tyranny of the majority, whereby political decisions would favor the majority and disregard the interests of the minority. Representative democracy was the resulting equilibrium: protecting…

I am responding to Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist No. 78. In this essay, he discusses aspects of what would later make up the United States government’s judicial branch. One of the arguments he makes is that Congress asserts the right to shoot down legislation from Congress that conflicts with the Constitution. I think Hamilton is right in his position on whether the Supreme Court can exercise judicial review without it being in the Constitution. One of the reasons I agree with him is because…

Throughout the late 18th century, America was becoming t its own independent nation. The new independent nation needed to set up a government to rule them. There were several discussions on how America would be governed. Many people had different yet some similar ideas for America. Thomas Paine, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson all wrote their ideas on how America should set up their government. Some of these ideas were still used today but not used then…

whites, could not live in harmony. On the other hand, the Antifederalists were fighting against the ratification of the Constitution on the grounds that it would weaken the power of states and create a consolidated government, and the opposing Federalists argued for its necessity to create a stronger, more unified, central government. A prominent issue in the fight for providing equal rights to all was race, more…

The Constitution was ratified July 21, 1788, it is the supreme law of the Constitution. It contains off with the Preamble, 7 articles, and 27 amendments. The Constitution started off with only the Preamble, 7 articles, and 10 amendments also known as the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights are just basic rights to the people. The other amendments were added on throughout the years, some were very important to the society. This Constitution played a big part in the American…

The 4th amendment, which is contained in the Bill of Rights, is a crucial part of the United States Constitution. This single sentence offers great protection to everyone, against government and its power. Although it was not always this way, this portion of the law that govern our great nation was inserted shortly after the establishment of The United States Constitution. Throughout history, there have been many cases where this single guideline has protected an individual, and through their…

military victory and seized a slight reprimand from Washington as reason for abandoning his staff position. However, he secured a field command though Washington and won laurels at Yorktown for leading an infantry regiment that captured Redoubt Number 10, a British fortification in the siege of Yorktown in 1781. Hamilton married a daughter of General Philip Schuyler on December 14th, 1780, three years before the end of the American War for Independence. The Schuylers were one of the most…