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The United States Constitution leads to political debate due to Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton's differences during their young lives. Both men have vast differences between them. Though they may have the same intellect, They have disagreements on the signing of the Constitution because it may or may not unify, what we now call today the United States of America.

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine" (Thomas Jefferson). Jefferson had studied 3 languages during his early age, and was not in America to sign the Declaration of Independence, he was indeed the Minister of France from 1784-1793. He was also elected to the house of Burgesses, and became the governor of Virginia, later founded the University of Virginia. Jefferson disagreed to the signing of the Constitution because he believed that America, paying its debt off as a whole was the wrong thing to do, and it may cause conflict among the colonies that were little, and in debt who could not afford to pay off their own assumption. Jefferson strongly believed that the debt would lead to corruption of the state. Jefferson did want to have a financial system, but did not know who should be in charge of the system itself.

Alexander Hamilton, who agreed with the Constitution, believed that the states should in fact help out the little colonies with their debts which would unite the nation as a whole, since the nation was in debt about 50 million. He believed that if the colonies paid for some of the little colonies debt it would help unify the nation, and have it lead to to the economy surviving for generations. Hamilton did not see eye to eye with Jefferson because they were both very different people. Alexander Hamilton was the center of attention in New York when he had gotten married to Elizabeth Shuler. Hamilton believed in an Agrarian society. He also had many representatives. He believed if the debt was larger, the larger the credit sum would be, and the states would have the power to tax their citizens. Alexander moved the nation Federation capital to Virginia in 1790, and John Adams proposes the Population Act.

Having the Constitutional debate was successful in many ways, because it leads to America being one of the most powerful countries in the nation. There were many disagreements during the debate about if paying off other colonies debts would help the unifying of the country, and it turned out to be true.