Describe the aspects of Federalism under George Washington
Federalism, Republicanism and Democracy are all important ideas represented in the US constitution. Initially the nation struggled with accepting and applying these ideas in society. There were a number of different aspects and individuals involved in the implementation of these ideas, involving presidents and political party members.
Federalism is described as a political system, in which two or more governments share power and responsibility on an area. Some federations distribute the responsibility to different states while others have just one central government. George Washington was well known among the public as being a federalist. There are many different aspects which represent federalism. One way in which federalism was displayed during his time was Washington’s support of the secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and his idea to solve all federal and state debts resulting in an efficient tax system. This decision also lead to the creation of a national bank. Hamilton was then regarded as the ‘father of the national debt’ and he felt the establishment of the national bank was critical in sustaining the government’s finances.
Another aspect of Federalism was the Whiskey Rebellion, which threatened the stability of the United States forcing Washington to lead the United States at war to stop the rebels. Washington opposed against Hamilton’s ideas to push the countries debt to the federal government and remove tax on whisky to prevent financial problems. This disagreement caused protests to commence, as the whisky producers felt punished because the more product they produced the more they would get taxed.
John Adams would be Washington’s vice president but would not be consulted on decisions made my Washington. Adams would then take over the presidency and Washington would never forgive him. Washington, Hamilton and Adams all favoured the upper-class and weren’t willing to listen to all of the countries people; only the more superior and powerful people. This defined his term as president.
Thomas Jefferson lead the republican party which represented the common man. He wanted the nation to be orientated around agriculture and not the industry. He strongly believed power should be put to the states rather than dictated by the government. He felt that slavery should be stopped; which was a direct contradiction to himself as he owned slaves. Jefferson was a terrible public speaker due to his speech impediment but he was a fantastic writer. George Washington was stern, great leader. His speeches were motivating and benefitted from knowledge gained through his past experiences. He only wanted a few people in charge and didn’t want to spread out to other states. On the slavery opinion he was open about the fact he owned slaves for fifty-six years so he felt strongly that they should remain captive
Jefferson worked closely with James Madison and collaborated on a number of political ideas which helped shape the country, Madison and Jefferson’s relationship was solid and Maddison was influencial in making things happen and turned a lot of Jefferson’s ideas into to reality.
Jefferson also worked with James Monroe who was critical in the Louisiana purchase, which resulted in the size of the united states doubling. Monroe’s contacts help make this happen and was a fantastic member of Jefferson’s party.
Democracy
DEMOCRACY is a form of government that gives power to the people.Democracy became an essential concept of government because of Andrew Jackson’s view on equality and freedom of speech for the people. Jackson understood what was going on and worked hard to flip the mindset of the nation. The people were then involved and part of the plan of the country. This meant every citizen has basic rights which the state couldn’t take away. This is rights such as beliefs and if they wanted to say something they could.
Andrew Jackson announced that the govement will not use the bank of the united states and he used his power to remove federal funds from the bank. This bank was created by George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. Jackson believed there was biased decisions surrounding some of the fianases for the country and took the step to kill the bank of the United States. Jackson objected against the banks lack of conviction to fund for expansion of unsettled areas and he felt there was too much political and economical power issued to the bank.
The reason why Andrew Jackson was such a success is being he was al for the people and spoke words what the public would agree with. he told them that the country was corrupted by special privileged people and proclaimed himself to be the champion of the common man
He was clever in the way he turned the people against other groups and reassured them that they would be listened to. He not only reshaped the whole country, but he created greater opportunities for the future.
Conclusion
After the Continetal Congress of the United States wrote the Article of Confederation, there thoughts were that the Article will offer some sort of stability to the Country and help improve the national debt as well as the economic and political problems that was being experianced.
The government created under the Articles of Confederation were called the Limited central government. The Articles of Confederation created a national government made up of a Congress, which had all the power to do as they desired so they could declare war, make alliances, or manage relations with Indians. The Article gave very little power to the national government and gave rights to the states instead so they could build there empire as they thought suitable
Some achievements of the Article of Condeferation allowed the country to govern its self to a certain extent. The government was a limited threat to the states power, so there was not a lot of interfeerance. Another achievement was the resolution of terriotorial disputed among the states, and that new territotires could be processed as new states. The Article helped United States to secure its independence after winning the American revolution, and also successfully negotiated an end to the Revolutionary War with the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
The major Issues of the Articles of Confederation was weakness. The federal government were too weak to enforce their laws which resulted in them having no power. The Continental Congress borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and couldn’t repay their debts which left them in a very difficult situation. As well as this the Congress didn’t have the power to tax and also didn’t have the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerse. There was also no branch to enforce any acts passed by the congress and there was no national court system.
What happened to cause the Confederation Congress to reconsider the Articles and ultimately write the Constitution?
the Articles of Confederation government had to rely on voluntary donations and had no source of revenue, it also had no taxation powers, and was dependent on so it had to be rewrote as the constitution. Americans wanted changes to the Articles. They wanted to create a stronger national government. Some states tried to work out trade and economic problems with each other, and as more states wanted change in the Articles, it was soon realized that changes would not work, and instead, the entire Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced with a new U.S. Constitution.