The Origins of American Politics

1.Hamilton, as secretary of the treasury under George Washington was a keen supporter of strong national power. He didn't have much faith on people. In his view the government should take and a major role in directing the developments and achievements of America's economy. Hamilton convinced the southern states through a deal; if southern states would back Hamilton's debt plan he promised northern support for locating the nation's capital in the south.
However Hamilton had an opposition, secretary of the state Jefferson was not ready to follow Hamilton's plans. Jefferson favored strict construction or interpretation of the constitution. That is that the government should use the implied power of the constitution only if necessary. Hamilton preferred a loose constitution. Jefferson had also more faith on the people than the government and to him hamilton was betraying the ideals of the american revolution.

2.A political party is a group of people who seek to win elections and hold public office in order to control government policy and programs.

3.Despite his role during the america revolution and being vice president for eight years, John Adams lacked the prestige of George Washington. As President, Adams faced the difficult task of trying to govern a young country in which party differences were growing wider and wider.
He also faced the threat of war with france but in an effort to avoid the war Adams sent officials to Paris to negotiate with the revolutionary government.

4.During the elections of Jefferson there was lots of tension between federalists and jeffersonian republicans in 1790s. During the election of 1800 many people believed that the future of the nation was stake. Would the nation tilt towards what Jefferson called the spirit of 1776 and the ides of liberty in the declaration of Independence? The election was nasty. Jeffersonian newspapers accused Adams of being a monarchist. And federalists asserted that Jefferson was a godless man.

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Bill of Rights

1.Establishment Clause, free exercise clause; freedom of speech and of the press, freedom of religion and of assembly; right to petition. (First Amendment)

The colonists need their freedom. That is a natural right to everyone and they want to be the same as everyone.

2.Power of States and People (tenth amendment)

The power not delegated to the united states by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people. The Power will be attributed to the people that will decide what they want to do for their state.

3.Protection from unreasonable search and siezure(fourth amendment)

The people have the right to be secure in their persons, house, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.

4.Civil trial by jury (seventh amendment)

everyone is the same with a common law; it is equality.

5.Militia(United States), Sovereign state, right to keep and bear arms. (Second amendment)

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. That means that if people don't want to participate in militia they are allowed. It is free will.

How the colonists were able to defeat the greatest world power of their time?

After the French and indian war in 1763 the Britain's weren't happy because they accused the colonists to not have participated on the war as much as they needed to have. At the same time the colonists were shocked that the British had so much trouble with the war realizing they're weakness and they thought maybe being a separate country that wouldn't be ruled by the British government.

Colonists at that time gained military confidence and experience and saw need to colonial unity to overcome problems. The border were safer because there were no more French or Indians because they'd been defeated. That meant for the colonists that they would be less dependent on the British armed troops.

Because the British believed that the colonists didn't help enough they wanted them to pay for the war costs. They needed to use only British ships for imports and exports and they needed to export specific materials to britain as sugar, tobacco, indigo and fur. They also were only allowed to import only from britain or pay duty and foreign goods. They had to pay unjustified taxes the Stamp act, one had to purchase stamps to put on printed materials like wills, newspapers, etc. Britain also put new taxes on import of paper, grass, paint, and tea which was a very important tradition to the colonists.

The colonists also had restriction. In 1763 King george III declared that colonists could no longer settle west of Applaties mountains, and the law required colonists to provide british soldiers food and living quarters when requested. It meant that if a soldier in war came to your house you should be his host and give him a place to live and things to eat for as much time as he stays.

The colonists reaction took place in 1765. They had a stamp act congress, delegated from 9 colonies met in New York to create plans to stand up against the stamp act. The british parliament reduced taxes of tea afterward but the colonists still had to pay taxes. In response to that they had a Boston tea party where colonial merchants who had smuggled tea from Holland to avoid tea taxes now could not compete. But still the British government had the control and had specific rules that the colonies qualified as Intolerable acts.

In 1774 They had the first continental congress to present unified colonial resistance to intolerable Acts, delegates from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia. Agreed to expend boycott of British goods and some colonists began forming and training militias and storing military supplies.

Afterwards they gained their independence.