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[4]: 113 It is this view of human nature that, in the opinion of Hamilton and his co-authors, necessitates government. [8] The argument made in Federalist No. 6 about human nature is a universal claim about humanity, applicable to all peoples and nations rather than being specific to the circumstances of the states.
The natural aristocracy is a concept developed by Thomas Jefferson in 1813 which describes a political elite that derives its power from talent and virtue (or merit). He distinguishes this from traditional aristocracies, which he refers to as the artificial aristocracy, a ruling elite that derives its power solely from inherited status, or wealth and birth.
The Compromise of 1790 was a compromise among Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, where Hamilton won the decision for the national government to take over and pay the state debts, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the District of Columbia, for the South.
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson has been called "the most democratic of the founders". [8] The Jeffersonians advocated a narrow interpretation of the Constitution's Article I provisions granting powers to the federal government. They strenuously opposed the Federalist Party, led by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton.
Alexander Hamilton’s feud with fellow Founding Father Thomas Jefferson is well-chronicled, both in academic literature and on stage, but he didn’t tell Jefferson he wanted to hit him with a chair.
The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
Some activists joined the Anti-Administration party that James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were forming about 1790–91 to oppose the policies of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton's Pro-Administration faction became the Federalist Party, while the group opposing Hamilton soon became the Democratic-Republican Party. [17]