Hamilton: A Seperate Construction
After the American Revolution the citizens of the United States were split between two groups, a loose construction and a strict construction. A loose construction is a broad interpretation of the Constitution, meaning that congress has powers beyond those specifically given in the Constitution. A strict construction is A narrow interpretation of the Constitution , meaning that congress has only those powers specifically given in the Constitution.
Jefferson was a Republican and wanted a strict construction while Hamilton was a Federalist and wanted a loose construction. Jefferson thought that everything Hamilton did when wanting to make the country better would put them on the verge of the country ending. Hamilton wanted to create a national …show more content…
They are for creating a national bank, but they don’t know if the constitution would allow it. The solution they made is that they would create a loose construction. Another problem they had was they needed to pay off any war debts they have. There first solution was that since the southern states had already paid their debts they could help the northern states pay their debts, but they southern states didn’t like that. They finally reached an agreement that if the capital building was located in the southern half of the United States then they would help the Northern states pay off all of their debts.
Thomas Jefferson was born in Virginia and was one of ten children. He had many talents and he did many things as a kid. He was also a gifted student and knew Greek and Latin by the time he entered college at 16. He was curious his whole life and once wrote, “not a sprig of grass is uninteresting to me.” When Jefferson was older he set himself up as a tobacco planter. After that he entered into politics. He lacked the ability of creating good speeches but he did write very fluently with a pen. His words in the declaration Of Independence are very
Jefferson was a Republican and wanted a strict construction while Hamilton was a Federalist and wanted a loose construction. Jefferson thought that everything Hamilton did when wanting to make the country better would put them on the verge of the country ending. Hamilton wanted to create a national …show more content…
They are for creating a national bank, but they don’t know if the constitution would allow it. The solution they made is that they would create a loose construction. Another problem they had was they needed to pay off any war debts they have. There first solution was that since the southern states had already paid their debts they could help the northern states pay their debts, but they southern states didn’t like that. They finally reached an agreement that if the capital building was located in the southern half of the United States then they would help the Northern states pay off all of their debts.
Thomas Jefferson was born in Virginia and was one of ten children. He had many talents and he did many things as a kid. He was also a gifted student and knew Greek and Latin by the time he entered college at 16. He was curious his whole life and once wrote, “not a sprig of grass is uninteresting to me.” When Jefferson was older he set himself up as a tobacco planter. After that he entered into politics. He lacked the ability of creating good speeches but he did write very fluently with a pen. His words in the declaration Of Independence are very