Hamilton vs Jefferson Period 2

10/28/2015

Introduction: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were immensely influential and polarizing figures during the early years of the new American republic. These men represented two drastically different views for the future of the United States. Their debates about the role of government, the rights of the people, and the United States economy would lead to nothing less than the formation of America's first political parties. Whose view do you think was best for the United States?

Directions: Write a blog post that supports and defends the views of Alexander Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson. Your post must include the following:

At least three paragraphs
Direct quotes from Hamilton and/or Jefferson
Specific facts and details about their beliefs and actions as political leaders that are used to support your claim.
A counter claim paragraph: A paragraph that explains the view of the opposing side and explains why that view is incorrect.
Each student must comment on at least one other student's blog post. Examples: "I agree with this post because...." "I disagree with this post because...." "I found this post interesting because....." etc.

5 Comments

Michael Leon

11/1/2015 05:26:48 pm

Michael Leon 10/29/15

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were immensely influential and polarizing figures during the early years of the new American republic.These noble men represented two drastically different views for the future of the united states.Their outstanding debates about the key role of governments,the right of the people,and the united states economy would lead to nothing less than the formation of America's first political parties.The views/opinions upon who was the best for the united states was Thomas Jefferson because he saw the best for the nation and the best for every common man and women.With Thomas Jefferson the people wouldn’t have no say and no power/equal rights and this country wouldn’t be consider “land of the free”.

Me and the common people of the colonies saw this noble man as a way to become have a say in this nation.Thomas Jefferson view on the general public or the common people is stated by himself as “I am persuade myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army….They may be led astray for a moment,but will soon correct themselves”.What Thomas Jefferson is saying is that there is common sense in everyday people and they should be trust for they are people who are building this new nation and they if the do something wrong in order to make a free nation or just anything wrong in general they will correct themselves for them have that common sense.Jefferson has also spoken about how to govern the people he states” what more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people?....a wise and frugal government,which shall restrain men from injuring one another,which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement and shall not take from labor the bread it has earned..i would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it”.

Yet on the other hand many consider Alexander hamilton to be more suitable for the american colonies government because of his statements about how the colonies should be governed.He provides valid points such as his statement about how to govern the people is “In framing the government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this:you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place,oblige it to control itself”.Hamilton has also presented on who has the power:the federal government or the people he states “A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trust for which it is responsible,free from every other control but a regard to the public good and to the sense of the people”.But Alexander Hamilton is not right the person to help establish our government in order to become a true government in my opinion he is wrong because he is forgetting the people who served their time to fight the american revolution and who help built this nation and they should be the one choosing how they want their nation and society to be runed by

Annalise Nunez

11/5/2015 05:15:34 am

Annalise Nunez 10/30/15

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were incredibly dominant and contrasted individuals that took a huge part during the early years of the new American Revolution. These men represented immensely different views for the future of the United States. Their arguments about the role of government, the rights of the people and the economy of the United States let to nothing less than the creation of America’s first political parties. Thomas Jefferson’s views were more affected than Alexander
Hamilton’s.

Thomas Jefferson was born in April 13, 1743 and died in July 4, 1826. He was the writer of the Declaration of Independence. He served as secretary of state from 1790 to 1793; In 1779 he was elected governor of Virginia, in 1785 he was appointed minister of France. Jefferson believed in a strong state and local governments rooted in popular participation. He favored a society of farmer-citizens. Thomas supported the “plain people” meaning like farmers and tradespeople. He fear absolute power and believed the sharing power and limited national government. Thomas also believed that the economy should be based on farming and that the payment should only be national debt. One of his quotes says “The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time”, meaning that since God gave us life, we don’t need a central government, we need our liberty to do what we want with our lives. Another quote says “What more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people?... a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from labor the bread it has earned...I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small of a degree of it.” Meaning that he rather be somewhat exposed than people having too much power over his life, not having his liberty.

Alexander Hamilton, was orphaned at age 13 and went to work as a shipping clerk. He attended the Columbia University and then he joined the army during the revolution and became an aide to General Washington. Alexander Hamilton has a different perspective towards government. He believed that a strong central government should be led by a prosperous, educated elite of upper- class citizens. Hamilton supports merchants, landowners, lawyers and etc. He feared mob rule, meaning that he fear control of a political situation by those outside the conventional or lawful realm. In the way that economy should be done, he believed that economy should be based on shipping and manufacturing. That payments should be of national and state debts.

In my opinion I support Thomas Jefferson’s way of perspective towards government than Alexander Hamilton’s perspective. Alexander Hamilton believes like everything has to be like in power. Like no liberty, and he has very little believes in people that are not somewhat rich. He has little faith in the people, and he feels like everything has to like somewhat have power. Like people can have like no liberty. One thing I do agree on is the way he wants economy to be. Payment of national and also state debts.

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were incredibly dominant and contrasted individuals that took a huge part during the early years of the new American Revolution. In conclusion , I agree with Thomas Jefferson’s views than Alexander Hamilton’s. He believed in strong state and local governments. He believe a lot in the people even though they were not rich. He didn't like for the country to have an absolute power of rule, and he supported the “plain people” such as farmers or tradespeople.

Navid Khan

11/17/2015 06:32:52 am

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were two of the most influential and opposite figures during the early years of the new America. These two had very different views on the future of the United States.Their opinions about the role of government, the rights of the people, and the United States economy would lead to nothing less than the formation of America's first political parties. However, whose view was best for the United States?

Alexander Hamilton's views are better for the U.S. Hamilton view on how to govern the people is, “In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige [force] it to control itself.” Hamilton is saying that in order for a government and country to succeed the government has to be able to control the public and then force the government to control itself. Hamilton also says that the power of the government belongs to the federal government, “A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but a regard to the public good and to the sense of the people." Hamilton wants the federal government to have power. Without a strong central government the state governments would break off and their would be no “United” States.

However, what about Thomas Jefferson? Thomas Jefferson view on how to govern the people is, “What more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? …a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from labor the bread it has earned… I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.” Jefferson wants the people to have the most freedom as possible. He doesn't want the government to have a lot of power that would control the govern. Therefore Jefferson wants the people to have the most power. Jefferson's view on the public, "I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. . . . They may be led astray for a moment, but will soon correct themselves.” Jefferson is saying that the public would make wrong choices but would eventually make it better. On the other hand Hamilton says, "Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than general or remote considerations of policy, utility and justice?" Hamilton is saying that the feelings of the people would get in the way of justice, unity, and order. If people make mistakes it will take time for them to fix it like Jefferson said. Hamilton doesn’t want the people personal opinions to have an impact on justice.

Throughout history both ideologies have been implemented in day to day activities. However most of the ideas have come from Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton wanted the national bank and their is. When Jefferson was president he bought the Louisiana Territory even though it went against his view of the Constitution and agreed with Hamilton's. The different views of the government led to the formation of political parties .

raekwon

11/20/2015 12:34:22 pm

Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson was preeminent individuals. They took a huge part during the early years of the new American Revolution. These men represented different views for the future of the United States. Their arguments about the role of government, the rights of the people and the economy of the United States. Thomas Jefferson’s views were more affected than Alexander
Hamilton’s.

Thomas Jefferson was the writer of the Declaration of Independence. He served as secretary of state from 1790 to 1793. He was appointed minister of France. Jefferson believed in a strong state and local governments rooted in popular participation. He favored a society of farmer-citizens. Thomas supported the “plain people” (farmers and trades people). Jefferson fear that absolute power will take over. He believed that the states should have more power than the central government. One of his quotes says “The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time". This means that people can to this world for freedom not to be controlled by the national government .also he believe that the people show have freedom. " I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. . . . They may be led astray for a moment, but will soon correct themselves"
Alexander Hamilton has a different perspective towards government. He believed that a strong central government should be led by a prosperous, educated elite of upper- class citizens. Hamilton supports merchants, landowners, lawyers and etc. He feared mob rule, meaning that he fear control of a political situation by those outside the conventional or lawful realm. In the way that economy should be done, he believed that economy should be based on shipping and manufacturing. That payments should be of national and state debts.

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