Defining the Republic

William J. Nichols

doi:10.5771/9781793655370

Defining the Republic

Early Conflicts over the Constitution

1. Auflage 2022

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doi.org/10.5771/9781793655370
ISBN print: 978-1-7936-5536-3
ISBN online: 978-1-7936-5537-0
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

Debate over the meaning and purpose of the grand experiment called the United States has existed since its inception. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison worked closely together to achieve the ratification of the Constitution, which both considered essential for the survival of the United States. However, within just a few years of the Constitution’s ratification, they became bitter political enemies as the pair disagreed about what the United States should be like under the new Constitution, specifically how to interpret the Constitution they both worked to create and support.

Defining the Republic: Early Conflicts over the Constitution documents, through presentation of their own words, that these two essential early Americans simply had different expectations all along. Expectations that went unexamined during the frenetic times in which the Constitution was written, debated, and ratified.

It is to their differences that Americans today can look in order to better understand the history of the United States, as well as current debates over politics and life in general in the country Hamilton and Madison helped to create.

Schlagworte

American history Constitutional interpretation history of constitution james madison founding fathers alexander hamilton

Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
Preface
- Contents
1–6 Introduction 1–6
7–22 Definitions of a Republic from Other Authors 7–22
23–32 Hamilton and Madison on Slavery 23–32
33–42 Hamilton and Madison on France versus Great Britain 33–42
43–54 Hamilton and Madison on Constitutional Interpretation 43–54
55–72 Hamilton and Madison on Religion 55–72
73–88 Hamilton on the Federal Government’s Role in the Economy 73–88
89–102 Madison on the Federal Government’s Role in the Economy 89–102
103–106 Conclusion 103–106
107–110 Bibliography 107–110
111–114 Index 111–114
115–116 About the Author 115–116

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