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He believed that the federal government should be used mostly to increase our economic strength as well as actively engage in what is going on to keep up with the times and allow us to grow as a nation through the interpretation of the constitution to create a strong central government.

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He believed the federal government should not be active in making decisions or governing the people. He believed that the constitution could not be interpreted but instead what it said is what we follow. He wanted a small central government so that states could make decision that best fit themselves without a large, overpowered government making all the decisions for them.

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He believed that the constitution was flexible and malleable to suit the times as well as the needs of the country.

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He believed that the constitution could not be changed and that whatever it said is what it mean so there could be no elasticity in the interpretation.

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Hamilton believed in less states rights because they couldn't prove economic strength and they were not stable enough to make big decision however they should be able to make many decisions for the good of their people as long as those decisions only affected those constituents.

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Jefferson believed in more states rights because each state can conform to its constituents needs that are different from other states miles away.

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Wanted to focus more on our country as a whole to strengthen our domestic affairs but he said that if we have any one main trading partner it should be England.

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He believed that we should support and trade mostly with the French due to their support during the Revolutionary war as well as supporting them in their endeavour in gaining freedom from England as well.

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Alexander Hamilton was the leader of the Federalists Party.

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Thomas Jefferson was a leader of the Democratic-republican party.

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He wanted the states debts to be collected as redistributed as a whole and wanted to create a national bank

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He wanted tariffs to be implemented to only increase profits of the national government not as protective tariffs for the merchants. He was adamantly against the idea of a national bank.