How Did Jefferson And Hamilton Influence The Federal Government

In George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796), the departing president warned that the creation of political factions, would most certainly lead to “formal and permanent despotism” for the United States, of which he was clearly right. Despite Washington’s words of warning, two of his closest advisors, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, helped to form the factions that led to the dual party system under which the U.S. operates today. Hamilton and Jefferson came to represent the divisions that shaped the early national political landscape, for they had polar opposite views on how the Constitution of the United States should allow, and support, their vision of how the government should be run. Jefferson took a strong position against the creation of a large, central federal government that got itself involved in domestic affairs. According to Jefferson, the role of government should be small and more direct to local citizens, in order to keep the new republic from returning to a tyrannical monarchy. On the other hand, Hamilton advocated for the newly formed federal government to grow larger and stronger, in order to more adequately serve the people. Hamilton’s view of the republic strengthens the core of the government, so that the United States

He believed that the national government’s role was to guard against foreign tyranny and protect American interests abroad. He rejected the idea that the national government should play a role in the domestic affairs of the country. From his perspective, the people should be trusted to govern themselves and advocate on their on behalves the interests that affects them at the local, state, and national levels. He went further to say that the country should operate in an agrarian state, which would instill the principle that citizens would protect and keep their right to self-interest in their own hands to better serve