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Differences Between Hamilton And Jefferson

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Chaewon Lee (Stella) 11.09.17 Period 1 The political parties started in America, by Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, who had different viewpoints on how to run a country, and through the newspapers that had great influence on public opinion. Hamilton and Jefferson had different views on how they should run the country. They couldn’t agree on what was the best for the country. Majority of the disagreements were how to drive the economy, the division of power between federal and state governments, interpretation of the constitution, and the foreign policy, which made Hamilton and Jefferson couldn’t agree and unite each other. Therefore, the supporters of Jefferson became Democratic Republicans, and supporters of Hamilton became

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