One of those men is the writer of the constitution, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson unlike Hamilton believed you can not do any thing that is not written in the constitution this view was called strict construction. Hamilton believed the opposite, do everything written in the constitution and everything that is not forbidden in the constitution. Washington balanced his thought process out by having the two men evening him out.
When the new government began in 1789, Washington appointed the position of Secretary of the Treasury to Alexander Hamilton. Right away Hamilton began to place the nation’s unorganized finances on a sturdy grip. In a series of reports in 1790, he presented a program not only to calm down public funds but also to set a course for the prospect of the country as a powerful and industrial nation. He proposed the founding of a national bank, paying off the national debt, assuming the state war debts, and the encouragement of manufacturing.
Hamilton's policies shortly brought him into conflict with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Their disputes with him was over his pro-business economic program, sympathies for Great Britain, disregard for the common man, and opposition to the principles and extremes of the French revolution contributed to the formation of the original American party system. It put Hamilton and the Federalist Party, which no longer exists against Jefferson, Madison, and the Republicans.
During most of the Washington administration, Hamilton's views usually came through with the President, especially after 1793 when Jefferson left the office. In 1795, family needs forced Hamilton to resign from the Treasury and resume his law practice in New York City. Except for a period as the inspector-general of the Army from 1798 to 1800 during the undeclared war with France, he never again held public office.
After the death of George Washington, the leadership of the Federalist Party became divided between John Adams and Hamilton. John Adams had the reputation from his diverse and great career and from his great strength with the people. Equally, Hamilton controlled practically all of the leaders of less significant rank and the greater part of the most renowned men in the country.
Always an adversary of fellow-Federalist John Adams, he tried to prevent his attempt to become president in 1796. When that failed, Adams kept trying to use his influence secretly within Adams' cabinet. The hostility between the two men became public in 1800 when Hamilton criticized Adams in a letter that was published the Republicans. In 1802, Hamilton and his family moved into a country home he had built in Manhattan.
Meanwhile, when Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied in Presidential electoral votes in 1800, Hamilton threw important support Jefferson’s way. In 1804, when Burr sought after the governorship of New York, Hamilton again managed to defeat him. That same year, Burr, taking offense at remarks he believed to have originated with Hamilton, challenged him to a duel. The duel took place at Weehawken, NJ, on July 11 1804. Hamilton was severely wounded and died the next day. He was in his late forties at the time of his death. He was buried in Trinity Churchyard in New York City.
Hamilton’s views and opinions are still used by leaders of present times. He was a precedent for every Secretary of the Treasury. He was one of the most prominent figures of present time of the development of the United States economic system. Hamilton was personally responsible for bringing the United States of America out of debt. A cowardly, jealous man, who was disturbed because he was not good enough for the people of the U.S., killed him. Hamilton’s mug on the $10 bill is the only non-presidential face on U.S. currency except for Benjamin Franklin.
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Roman Khutoryansky
