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Interpretation Of The Constitution Power To Regulate
555 wordsBetween 1801 and 1817 the two parties in the national government of the United States traded sides on the issue of loose construction vs. strict construction of the Constitution because they had also traded sides of the power table. The Democratic-Republicans having gained power seemed to have abandoned their strict constructionist beliefs and adopted a broader perspective. The Federalists having lost power seemed to have dropped the loose construction and adopted strict interpretation. These ye...
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A Revisionist Perspective Of The Election Thomas Jefferson
1,343 wordsConsensus historians paint Thomas Jefferson as the great father of democracy, referring to his election to the presidency as the revolution of 1800. In actuality, Thomas Jefferson was an inconsistent man, who was philosophically against the Federalists, but who did not bring about any significant political or ideological changes during his presidency. Recently, revisionist historians have begun to question the notion of Jefferson as the representative of the common man. Many of these historians ...
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Bank Of The United States House Of Representatives
1,040 wordsThe Swanwick-Fitzsimmons election in Philadelphia of the most infamous elections in American history due to the fact that, it brought with it the first distinction ever between two political parties, the Federalists and the Democrats. Subsequently the election of 1794 brought America it's first democratic congressional leader, John Swanwick. The factors surrounding Swanwick's congressional debut were national issues, local issues, yellow fever epidemic, the Whiskey Rebellion, and the excise tax....
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The Alien And Sedition Acts Of 1798
751 wordsThe debate of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 revealed bitter controversies on a number of issues. Most of the controversies had, however, arose even before these acts; as far back as the penning of the Constitution. The writers of the Constitution knew that as time proceeded, the needs and demands of the nation and of the people would change, leading to controversy. By not assigning specific powers to specific groups / parties , governments, they unintentionally created a vast problem in th...
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Interpretation Of The Constitution President Jefferson
563 wordsWhile President Jefferson's policies were to a great extent diverged from those of Washington and Adams', President Madison's policies were much the same as the Federalist presidents. President Jefferson worked to change many of the mindsets and policies set up by the Federalist Presidents, while Madison's attempts were to extend them. The success of each administration was unique from each other, however both presidents were Republican. The difference in policies shows the beginning of the indi...
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Strong Central Government Checks And Balances
1,214 wordsThe Federalist papers were written and ratified in the years of 1787 to 1788. They were created mostly by two of the most influential men of the post-Revolution period. It helped the budding nation create a unified and agreeably strong central government: Alexander Hamilton, a Federalist who wrote fifty-six papers, and James Madison, a Democratic Republican who wrote twenty-one papers; John Jay also had a hand in the writing of five papers. Every paper was written under the pen name Publius. How...
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United States V U S V
2,522 wordsDiego Ochoa PSCI 499 5 / 29 / 00 Second Midterm The Constitution of the United States was drafted at a time when our country was in dire need of many answers to political and social questions. In addition to many other things, the drafters of the Constitution were concerned with solidifying our central government and the Constitution was intended to provide a solid structure from which our burgeoning nation could grow. The Constitution gave explicit powers to the federal government and provided ...
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War With France Alien And Sedition
1,544 wordsSeldom in the nations history has there been a period so extraordinary in accomplishment as the first decade under the Constitution. This paper is going to be a step by step evaluation of arguably the most important decade in American History. The time period covered in this paper is 1789 - 1801. These are the years in which the Federalists had the most influence in the new government. They accomplished an amazing amount in these 12 years. The Federalist Party was one of the first political orga...
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