Strong Central Government
Hamilton served as the political leader of this party, which favored a strong central authority and alliance with Great Britain.
What is the Federalist Party?
This Founding Father believed that the federal government should only excercise the powers explicitly mentioned in the Constitution?
Who is Jefferson?
He proposed creating the Bank of the United States to manage federal funds, establish a currency, and collect taxes.
Who is Hamilton?
He famously said that he would rather have free press than a strong government.
Who is Jefferson?
Jefferson supported the French Revolution because it reflected the ideas of this 1776 document he wrote.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Hamilton believed that the central government should support this economic part, while Jefferson supported an economy based on agriculture.
What is industry?
Despite his commitment to strict constructionism, Jefferson set aside this constitutional doubt to execute this action.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Jefferson opposed the bank because he thought it would favor this group.
Who are Northern merchant/investors/bankers?
Passed under President John Adams, these laws made critical and malicious writing against the federal government criminal.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Hamilton and the Federalists were horrified by this period of mass executions led by the Jacobins.
What is the Reign of Terror?
Mainly written by Hamilton, this series of essays supported the creation of a stronger central government.
What are The Federalist Papers?
Hamilton thought the Constitution had these unwritten powers.
What are implied powers?
To win Southern votes for Hamilton's money plan and for the bank, the nation's capital was moved here.
Where is Washington, D.C.?
Jefferson created this paper to attack Hamilton's ideas as a Federalist.
What is the National Gazette?
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
Jefferson believed that America's strength was based on the class of small farmers instead of urban merchants.
Who are the yeoman farmers?
Hamilton used this clause to justify the expanding central government powers.
What is the Elastic Clause?
This plan proposed by Hamilton said that the federal government would take on all remaining war debt.
What is the Assumption of State Debts?
Hamilton established this still-running publication to fight against the Democratic-Republican paper attacks.
What is the New York Post?
Jefferson served as the U.S. Minister to France in this city, which built his love for French culture and politics.
What is Paris?