The Views Of Alexander Hamilton And Thomas Jefferson

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were considered as two of the greatest leaders in United States history. During their time, they both helped shaped America in many ways. However, these men varied greatly with contradictory views surrounding on issues involving the government and government interaction with the American people. As a Federalist, Alexander Hamilton had a concrete image of America. He proposed and focused on the creation of a strong central government and a generalized interpretation of the Constitution which further emphasizes on a more government based control of the people. In order to run a government more efficiently, Hamilton envisioned a political system run by the educated which were at that time men of the aristocracy. Basing off the Bank of

If his idea were to pass, it would be owned by the government and ran the bank in order to regulate currency and help control the American economy. However, issues concerning “implied powers” arose when trying to legalize the bill for a national bank. “Government authority to create laws that were necessary to protect and help American people was the foundation of implied powers which Hamilton clearly supported because of his ideal to run an efficient government, one must pass laws to protect the people from corruption.” Flexibility and change were the basis of his argument in creating a stable government. In 1791, the bill for the development of a national bank was passed. The only problem touched upon on implied powers was that no one could tell how long it was until government would take advantage of this new power. Through the Sedition Act of 1798, the government would first practice implied