Federalist No. 10

peace treaty with France. When they got to France, they met three French Representatives, who referred to themselves as the XYZ. The XYZ wanted a bribe of $250,000 to speak with the Tallyrand, which was the XYZ Affair. Between 1798 to 1800, the Federalists and Congress passed the Alien Act and Sedition Act. The Alien Act was aimed towards the immigrants. If President John Adams thought there was an immigrant that was a threat to national security, he was able to deport them. The years for…

small army, we might be outnumbered and trampled. 13. Jefferson pardoned people who were in jail because of the Sedition Act. He asked Congress to restore the law allowing foreign-born people to become 14 Citizens after only a five-year period. Federalist Policies Remain 15. Jefferson kept the Bank of the United States 16. The federal government still paid off the federal…

involvement of the Constitution, he had many ideas that were used in the making of the Bill of Rights. Washington also was considered the leader of the Constitutional Convention, which was a convention to talk and form the Constitution. Also, the Anti-Federalists had challenged the making of the Constitution claiming it was not protecting individual rights,…

Jefferson’s parents, Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph, had 10 children. Jefferson’s father, Peter, was a planter and surveyor up until his death in 1757 with Jefferson at the age of only fourteen. After his father’s death, Jefferson and his brother, Randolph inherited the family estate. In 1745, the Jefferson…

signed the new US Constitution. Upon Hamilton’s return to New York he asked if Aaron Burr would confer on a plan, he said no. The plan was to anonymously write a series of articles defending the new US Constitution. The articles were called the Federalist Papers, the plan was to write a series of 25 essays. The work evenly divided among John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. John Jay got sick after writing 5, James Madison wrote 29 and Hamilton wrote the other 51. As Hamilton said “If…

had once regarded as the basis of their new society. External crises, such as the emergence of war with Austria and Prussia, and later with the First Coalition, created a need for coercion. Internal conflicts, such as resistance in the Vendee, and Federalist revolts also drove the Committee of Public Safety to become an authoritative presence.…

Jacob Ashcraft 24 October 2016 Texas Revolution Was Inevitable In one of the first major scholarly works on the Texas Revolution, historian Eugene C. Barker in 1928 described the conflict as a “clash of cultures.” Barker maintained that Anglo-Texans and Mexicans had little in common and, as a result, concluded that the rebellion could not have been avoided. Barker is correct in his statement about war being inevitable. Some believe it was because the Anglo colonists wanted overrun Texas and…

mother’s post office while his father served in the Mexican congress. Juan’s father was the postmaster of early San Antonio. At the age of only 19; Juan Seguin was married to a woman named Maria Gertrudis de Flores de Abrego. Together Juan and Maria had 10 children; six girls and 4 boys. Later in Juan’s life, he was appointed many local political titles. Some of Juan’s such titles were; Mayor of San Antonio, Judge, Territorial Governor of Texas, and Justice of the peace, which means a…

writings of the “Father of the Constitution,” James Madison. In Federalist Paper #46 Madison talks about the militia which would outnumber the standing army by at least 10 to one being able to oppose the army in defense of their liberty and freedoms. Coincidently, this clearly makes the case for the militia bearing equal armament to the nations standing army, and who is the militia? Simply put, according to United States Code, Title 10 section 311, the militia is comprised of all United States…

The frequent recent government “shutdowns” exemplify the weaknesses of the American constitution system. If Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, James Madison and Epicurus sat together over lunch to discuss the recent government “shutdown,” they would disapprove of the selfishness and corruption the “shutdowns” are used for. The majority of these men believed the government should look to further the well-being of the nation, yet the “shutdowns” are a clear example that corruption is not allowing the…