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Hamilton was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system and the Federalist Party.

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Hamilton had strong views on the role of the federal government. Hamilton believed the federal government should be strong and should play a major role in our country. Hamilton believed the federal government should be able to do many things. He believed that unless the Constitution specifically prohibited the federal government from doing something, it should be acceptable for the government. Federalists believed that the country should be ruled by – educated, wealthy, public-spirited men like themselves.

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He led the Federalist Party, created largely in support of his views; he was opposed by the Democratic-Republican Party, which was led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Hamilton favored ruling by the wealthy class, strong federal government, emphasis on manufacturing and , loose interpretation of the Constitution. The federalists favored a strong national government, they believed in loose construction, a broad or flexible interpretation of the Constitution. They hoped to use the new government’s powers under the Constitution to unite the quarreling states and keep order among the people.

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Hamilton's View on International Affairs

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Hamilton's View on International Affairs

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Hamilton was the Secretary of the Treasury and for some years after his resignation, he played a key role in developing early American foreign policy. His debut in the realm of international politics occurred in 1789, when the French Revolution erupted in Paris. Hamilton was appalled by its bloodiness. The U.S. lacked the resources and desire to enter war, and even Jefferson agreed with Hamilton that the U.S. should remain neutral. Whereas Hamilton, however, believed that Washington should publicly declare that the United States would remain out of the warIn the end, Hamilton won out, and convinced Washington to issue the famous Neutrality Proclamation in 1793.

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Hamilton's View on The Developing Party Systems

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Hamilton's View on The Developing Party Systems

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The Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson, were the first political parties in the Western world. The Federalists represented the interests of trade and manufacturing, which they saw as forces of progress in the world. They believed these could be advanced only by a strong central government capable of establishing sound public credit and a stable currency. Alexander Hamilton was never the popular appeal to stand successfully for elective office, but he was the Federalists' main generator of ideology and public policy.

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Hamilton’s dream of the national greatness depended on the United States developing a strong economy. In 1790, the nation’s economy was based mainly on agriculture. Hamilton wanted to expand the economy and increase the nation’s wealth by using the power of the federal government to promote business, manufacturing, and trade. In 1790, Hamilton presented Congress with a plan to pay off all war debts as quickly as possible. If the debts were not promptly paid, he warned, the government would lose at home and abroad. Hamilton’s plan for repaying the debts was disliked by many Americans, especially in the South. Most southern states had already paid their war debts. They did not want to help the North with their debts.

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Jefferson's Views on Federal Government 

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Jefferson's Views on Federal Government 

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Jefferson advocated a decentralized agrarian republic. He recognized the value of a strong central government in foreign relations, but he did not want it strong in other respects. Jefferson feared tyranny and thought in terms of freedom.  Jefferson believed in State's Rights. He argued that the Constitution directly states all the powers belonging to the federal government and reserves all other powers to the states. He rejected Hamilton's idea of a National Bank, as it was not listed anywhere in the Constitution. He believed in a more Strict construction of the Constitution, where he lived word by word as to what it said.

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Jefferson's Views on Democratic Ideology 

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Jefferson's Views on Democratic Ideology 

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Jefferson believed that the will of the people provided the most appropriate guidance for directing the republic's course.  He was said to be the most democratic of the founders.  Jefferson also felt that the central government should be cautious with their spending and keep things simple. As president, he reduced the size and scope of the federal government by ending internal taxes, reducing the size of the army and navy, and paying off the government's debt. His limitation of the federal government flowed from his strict interpretation of the Constitution.  He also focused on civil liberties and minority rights during his Presidency. "Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression."

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Jefferson's Views on International Affairs

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Jefferson's Views on International Affairs

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Foreign affairs dominated Jefferson's presidency and pushed him toward Federalist policies that greatly contrasted with his political philosophy. The first foreign episode involved Jefferson's war with the Barbary pirates. This was one of the first covert operations in American history. Later, Jefferson saw the Louisiana territory as a promising opportunity. He took advantage of this, doubling the size of the nation. Following the Louisiana Purchase, he ordered a westward exploration of North American Land, which is now considered one of the greatest explorations in human history.  In the early 1800's, he imposed an embargo on British ships, but it had a harsh impact on the American economy. As a result, Congress replaced the Embargo Act with the Non-Intercourse Act, which banned trade with England and France but allowed it with all other countries.

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Jefferson's Views on The Developing Party System

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Jefferson's Views on The Developing Party System

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Jefferson believed that America’s success lay in its agrarian tradition.  He supported a central government where the states had freedoms and rights not limited by the federal government.  Along with Madison, Jefferson led the Republicans, also called the Democratic-Republicans, and wanted a small national government to leave the citizens mostly free of taxation or government interference.They feared that federal intervention in the economy would benefit only a few wealthy northeasterners, and they believed that agriculture, not manufacturing, should remain the country's economic base. Republicans opposed closer ties to Britain and tended to sympathize with the French in their revolution and the war with the British.

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"I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with public debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labor and in our amusements. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of 'caring for them,' they will be happy." Jefferson held the economy under utmost priority and significance in his country. He believed that freedom only came with a strong national economy and without it, we would not have the liberties that we do.

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Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Deceleration of Independence and later served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Previously, he was elected the second Vice President, serving under John Adams from 1797 to 1801. A proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights motivating American Colonists to break from Great Britain and form a new nation, he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national level. He was a land owner and farmer.