Thursday, February 3, 2011

Jefferson and Hamilton

JEFFERSON:
-Central government should be weak
-America should be a democracy of farmers and workers
-Freedom of the individual
-Sided with France
-Against National Bank
-Strict Constriction of Constitution (If the Constitution doesn't say you can, you can't do it)
-Democratic Republicans

HAMILTON:
-Liked strong national government
-Believed that the rich, educated, and banking class should rule government
-Sided with England
-Wanted to create a National Bank
-Loose Construction of the Constitution (If the Constitution doesn't say I can't, then I can)
-Federalists

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