Differences Between Jefferson And Hamilton's Beliefs

Jefferson vs Hamilton’s Inspiration and Beliefs The Federalist ideas of Alexander Hamilton influenced the future Democratic Republic government, created by Thomas Jeffferson as president, by finding the money management used by America and the beliefs behind negotiation and centralized government. During the late 1700s, Hamilton became the secretary of state and created the plan to bring America out of its debt. As a federalist, many of his ideals included the elastic, or necessary and proper, clause and giving more power to the government, as this affected his plans of taxation, banking, and constitutionality in certain decisions made by the government. These Hamilton inspired ideas changed America’s perspective on nationalism and power of

The first ideal made by Hamilton that affected the Democratic Republic government in the late 1800s was their power policies in the central government. Although the Democratic Republic’s beliefs included more power to the people rather than the government, during Jefferson’s presidency, the policy was affected by Hamilton’s policy, including the necessary and proper clause. For example, during the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson used Hamilton's elastic clause to expand the land and resources for trade. This was technically unconstitutional, as he didn’t go through congress first, but he used the clause created by Hamilton and his ideals for the betterment of his country. This is ironic though, because he later opposed Hamilton’s national bank in 1791, because of the unconstitutionality (Doc 1). His republican ideals didn’t coincide with the ideals taught by Hamilton, but he still wasn’t able to stop the National Bank from pushing through. James Monroe was also a democratic republic, similar to Jefferson, and he also had problems with constitutionality in 1817. His “Hamilton” so to say was John Calhoun, who wanted to expand the manufacturing and roads in America. He had a federalist point of

During the early 1800s, America had a conflict with pirates in the Mediterranean sea. The Barbary states were Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Tripoli- off the coast of Tripoli was a major battle location (Doc 3). The pirates used blackmail, as they held American soldiers hostage, looking for money from the American government. The federalists were very passionate about NOT negotiating with terrorists in any way shape or form, but Jefferson took a different route as his loving morals wanted to keep his citizens safe. As he negotiated with these terrorists, it caused contention between him and the federalist party/ Hamilton’s party. These conflicts affected the 1807 Embargo Act, as Jefferson listened to Napoleon's ideals and created more disagreement between him and Americans (Doc 4). His closing of the ports created disadvantages for America, and after the contention of the negotiation of terrorists, the federalist ideals were becoming more and more popular. This contention was somewhat resolved by James Monroe's speech in 1823, as he stated where America was compared to other countries. “It is still the true policy of the United States to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope that other powers will pursue the same course” (Doc 7). His belief of isolating America from European countries, helps support the claims of non negotiation as well as creating a more