...The Conflict between Federalists and Anti-Federalists The Conflict between Federalists and Anti-Federalists While the anti-Federalists believed the Constitution and formation of a National Government would lead to a monarchy or aristocracy, the Federalists vision of the country supported the belief that a National Government based on the Articles of the Confederation was inadequate to support an ever growing and expanding nation. After the constitution was signed the next step was ratification by a least nine states. Ratification by the states was by no means a fore gone conclusion in 1887. Any state not ratifying the constitution would be considered a separate country. The Federalists and Anti-Federalists had very different opinions on what kind of government should be formed. The Anti-Federalists were made up mostly of farmers and tradesman, common people working to support their families. The Federalists were made up of the wealthy and elite plantation owners and businessmen. In an effort to make their argument the Anti-Federalists used rhetoric from the Revolutionary War to stress the merits of state and local government. The Anti-federalists also characterized a national or central government as a step away from democratic goals, fought for during the Revolutionary War and a step towards monarchy or aristocracy rule (Net Industries, 2009). Anti-Federalists believed individual state rights should be protect and if the constitution was ratified states would lose...
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...In the 1800’s, America faced an issue: what was going to become of America? They were newly independent, free of tyranny England. America knew that everyone as citizens had equal rights, and that the central government should not have too much power. What they did not know, however, is how much power the central government should have. The founding fathers each had two different ideas: federalism and democracy/republic. The Hamiltonian federalists believed much different things than Jeffersonian democrat/republicans, and each idea has shaped America into what it is today. The Federalist Party formed during the redrafting of the Articles of Confederation. The Federalist Party was started predominantly by Alexander Hamilton, and represented...
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...your major points, indicated by capital Arabic numerals (i.e., A, B, C, D, E, etc.) Roman numeral I should be your “Introduction”. In the introduction portion of your paper, you’ll want to tell your reader what your paper is about and then tell what your paper hopes to prove (your thesis). So an Introduction gives an overview of the topic and your thesis statement. The final Roman numeral should be your “Conclusion”. In the conclusion, you summarize what you have told your reader. Following are 3 sample outlines, from actual student papers. YOUR outline can be MORE detailed, or might be LESS detailed. Remember that a good outline makes writing easier and more efficient. Sample Outline #1 Title: Frederick Douglass Thesis: Frederick Douglass played a crucial role in securing the abolition of slavery and equality of African-American rights through his actions, ideas, and efforts as a lecturer, author/publisher, and politician. I. Introduction A. Thesis B. Roles/Arguments II. Douglass as Lecturer A. History as slave and acquisition of education 1) He “experienced slavery” 2) Literacy allowed expression B. Early lectures, including initial speech before Garrison 1) Success of initial speech 2) Goals for future speeches C. Effect of lectures on society 1) Open eyes 2) Encourage activism III. Douglass as Author/Publisher A. Narrative’s success and effect 1) Springboard...
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... I am a supporter of the anti-federalist party. The anti-federalist took some of the ideas that the federalist had into consideration. Instead of abolishing or ignoring these ideas, they wanted to improve them. The anti-federalist and the federalist share two very opposing views. As you read this essay, you will gradually start to see just how my ideas are being supported as to why I've chosen to become an anti-federalist. The anti-federalist party was the first out of two political parties of the U.S. This party was led by Henry, George Mason and Samuel Adams alongside Richard Henry Lee who wanted the president and the senate to have the entire executive and 2/3 of the legislative power. As an anti-federalist, I believe that the constitution should not be ratified. I feel like the best way, that the U.S citizens should be protected is by being kept safe from the Government and the bill of rights will do that because of the freedom and liberty that it gives us. "The greatest importance for Freemen to retain themselves are the liberties given to us in the bill of rights", which is why it's so important that we'd add it to the constitution. In order to get the bill of rights to be in the constitution we'd need to sacrifice part of our natural rights, for the good of others around us. The anti-federalist believed that the constitution should have a bill of rights. The Anti-federalist opposed the constitution, while the federalist themselves favored it. The federalist's...
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...Our Constitution, once put into place, establishes three branches of government. It is important for all of Americans to understand why the founding fathers decided on three branches of government. It is also important to know what obstacles the division of power present for enactment of important legislation and how conflict has been characterized between supporters of a strong federal government and the supporters of state rights both in the past and now. The U.S. Constitution was written in 1787 by James Madison. This is considered the main law of the land. Any laws made for the country must agree with the Constitution. James Madison is the father of the constitution. Madison was the one that came up with the conspire that one branch could not have complete control. “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether on or a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-pronounced to very definition of tranny” (Spaeth & Segal 1999). This is when our three branches were born. In the Executive Branch we have our President, vice president, and all of the cabinet. Our president is allowed to make or laws, pass, or veto them. The legislative Branch has 435 representatives and 100 senators forming a party of 535 members of congress. This branch writes the laws and bills, then they sent out the law to the senator then to the representative and lastly to the president who can veto or sign it. The last branch is the Judicial Branch...
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...The amount of taxes and tariffs piled upon the colonists by the British set the precedent for the coming Revolution. While they were considered “just” by British Parliament, it was seen in complete disgust by the colonists on which they were placed. This all led up to the Boston Tea Party, in which men disguised as Mohawk Indians, protested The Tea Act of 1773, requiring colonists to buy only British tea, but it was heftily taxed. Defiantly they boarded British ships and threw their tea overboard, making a point to Parliament that they would not stand for this tax. Angry with this they attempted to gain more control over Massachusetts, but the colonists resisted their efforts. Their refusal to become subordinate to the British shown through...
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...“In 1798, the Federalist-controlled Congress exploited the anti-French sentiment sweeping through the colonies to pass a series of laws that, on the surface, promoted American safety but actually were designed to quiet their Democratic-Republican counterparts” (article 2). Adams goal was to weaken Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party to make the Federalist Party stronger (and to protect the United States from foreign influence). The Alien and Sedition Acts were made up of four individual laws. The Alien Acts was composed of the Alien Friends Act “which empowered the president to deport any alien whom he considered dangerous” (article 1), and the Alien Enemies Act “which allowed the deportation of any alien who hailed from a country at war with the United States” (article 1). The Sedition Act was passed that allowed for punishment to anyone who printed “false, scandalous and malicious writing” (article 1), directed towards the president but Congress was also included in the bill. The Naturalization Act was the last bill that extended the time an immigrant can become an American citizen—from five to fourteen years. Although these bills were made to protect American citizens, Adams main goal was always to increase the power of the Federalist Party. His idea for these laws didn't go as planned, many citizens were furious with the abuse of...
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...a) Read Chapter 10 – stop at “Bonny Jonny” Adams Becomes President. b) Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution? Because the Constitution did not guarantee the protection of the rights of individuals, James Madison proposed a number of amendments to be included in this legal document, ten of which were ratified by a majority of the states fairly quickly. These ten amendments, commonly known as the Bill of Rights, ensured civil liberties such as freedom of religion, the right to bear arms, freedom of speech, the right to be tried by a jury, freedom of the press, the right to property, freedom of assembly, and humane treatment when being punished. c) How did Alexander Hamilton attempt to improve the nation’s financial status?...
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...Federalism as a Priority As claimed by Hamilton, “The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.” In these words, Hamilton expressed the simple logic behind the supposedly “evil” idea of Federalism. This quote would prove to be quite important in recent debates which would alter the entire fate of the nation, for good or for bad. On one side were the Republicans, which felt that a nation based on strict Constitutional law and favoring the majority would lead us out of our troubles. On the other, Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists, who felt an elite community of the educated and powerful would best the best for our country. Yet, despite various good points from both sides, the only truly reasonable answer...
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...History 11 exam 2 study guide 1) Explain the structure of the US Gov. under the new constitution and describe the compromises that led to its ratification? What problems do you think remained for the united states under this constitution? The structure of the US Gov under the new constitution sets out the powers of the United States does and what the State powers are as well. In addition Madison is setting up a competion between the US Gov and the States. The US gov can coin money, make taxes, make treaties. State Powers can create taxes, make treaties, but can’t coin money. Many of the powers of the States are often duplicated from the Us Gov. powers. Also there is the 3 branch concept which consist of Executive branch (President, Enforce laws),Legislative Branch (Congress, Make Laws), and Judicial Branch( Interept Laws). These branches will also compete with each other. Example of congress fighting with the president on raising the national debt ceiling. In addition the Judicial branch will sometimes get involved because they have the power to declare a law constitutional or unconstitutional which is the final say. In addion the Judicial Branch can also interpret laws made by the legislative Branch.The compromise that led to the ratification are Virginia Plan:being a large state, because virgina had a larger population.the viginians did not think it was fair for a state to have 3times less population to have a equal vote as a larger state such as virginia.They wanted more...
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...Revolution did not overturn the social order, but it did produce substantial changes in social customs, political institutions, and ideas about society and government. Among the changes were the separation of church and state in some places, the abolition of slavery in the North, written political constitutions, and a shift in political power from the eastern seaboard toward the frontier. The first weak government, the Articles of Confederation, was unable to exercise real authority, although it did successfully deal with the western lands issue. The Confederation’s weakness in handling foreign policy, commerce and the Shays Rebellion spurred the movement to alter the Articles. Instead of revising the Articles, the well-off delegates to the Constitutional Convention created a charter for a whole new government. In a series of compromises, the convention produced a plan that provided for a vigorous central government, a strong executive, the protection for property, while still upholding republican principles and states’ rights. The Federalists met strong opposition from Anti-Federalists, especially in Virginia and New York, but through effective organization and argument, they succeeded in getting the Constitution ratified. By establishing the new national government, the Federalists checked the Revolutionary values of the popular republican government. Terms/names/topics:...
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...While in general party leaders usually create policies that reflect their own ideas, Jefferson and Madison are two leaders who often didn't reflect their parties ideals in their policies. Jefferson and Madison sometimes utilize the elastic clause of the Constitution, even though their party believes in strict construction. Even though sometimes these men follow their party ideals, very often during their presidencies their party characterization was not at all accurate. No policy better illustrates the inaccuracy in the characterization of the two parties than the Embargo Act. The Embargo Act was created by Jefferson to prevent America from trading with England and France in response to the French and British stealing from American ships and...
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...[Name of Student] [Name of Instructor] [Course Code] [Date of Submission] An Essay on Politics, Politicians and Political Parties When the term politician is mentioned, we immediately think of a person of honor. At times, we think that the person may most likely have a criminal record especially if the politician is from a developing country. Another thought is that the person is from a royal family as a prince, king or emperor. Politicians in most cases are entangled in controversies. We tend to see them begging for votes during or around the election time. The often have many promises to the electorate being put across using slogans, posters, and sweet words. These promises give false hopes to the citizens. Almost every time after these elections, these hopes are shattered, and the people then realize they made a mistake to put the politicians in power. In addition, the issue of elections rigging is often the case diluting the effort of the people who were targeting positive change in the governance of their country. The citizens are usually the ones that are greatly affected by corrupt leadership. We, therefore, tend to ask ourselves whether the problem is with the leadership or use of the electorate. Do we lack the ability to choose good leaders? Is the political seat by itself responsible for turning all people that aspire for it to be corrupt? If there is a lack of our abilities to choose a good leader, then action should be taken to decide wisely during elections...
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...George Washington and John Adams were the first two presidents of the United States. They played vital roles in creating the American Republic, and had it not been for them, our current American Republic would be very different or possibly even nonexistent. Yet, despite the hard work they put into our nation’s beginnings, they were also very different. Both men came from the same era, but could one be considered better than the other? George Washington, born on February 11, 1732, in Westmoreland Country, Virginia was our nation's first President. Washington and his ancestors were quite influential in Virginia “The patriarch of the family, John Washington, had come over from England in 1657 and established the Washingtons as respectable, if not...
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...POLITICS MUST DEFEAT POLITICS Byung Gyu Lim History 117A-06 Professor Prater April 21, 2014 John Adams was born in 1735 at Braintree, Massachusetts; he was the eldest of four brothers. He graduated from Harvard College (University) in 1755. Sometimes, John Adams was contradictory and outspoken, but he was a gentle husband to Abigail Adams. His wife was extremely intelligent and an advisor to her husband’s political career. One reason John Adams felt quite fortunate for his wife was because she was good on a federalist point of view and greatly influential in her husband’s political career because he lacked charisma and political charm. John Adams had a good political career before becoming president of the United States. Adams was well-educated and had diplomatic experience in France and Great Britain. John’s message in the following quotation: “On November 1, 1800, just before the election, Adams arrived in the new Capital City to take up his residence in the White House. On his second evening in its damp, unfinished rooms, he wrote his wife “Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow the best blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.” Before becoming president, John Adams was a lawyer and his service fee was low, but he was proud that his political argument was published in several newspapers. Let me give some brief background on President Washington’s cabinet; he appointed...
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