EEG+Polictical+Debates+on+Constitution

During Washington's Presidency, the cabnet opened the the intial debate on constitution. Washington chose two greatly opposed people, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, to his cabnet to interpret the Constitution for him and decribe their views in the later years of the 1700's. __Through the heated debates and different views on how the Constitution should be interperated, Washington's cabnet gave birth to the heated contitutional debates we know today.__ The two fathers of the main political parties started the debates that have kept our country going.

Alexander Hamilton, a strong-willed Federalist, and Thomas Jefferson, a person with only the power of the people on his mind, begun these debates during the Washington presidency. Hamilton always was an for a very strong central government and was even for a government very close to England's. However, Jefferson was a strong patriot who believed in a pure democracy. Halmilton used his views on a strong hand upon the people to input economic boosts, while Jefferson fought for the people's rights. Large debates, especially on the National Debt, rules the only presidency to take such opposing views. Although a cabnet was never taken the same way, Washington shaped our nation and paved the way for presidents to follow through the healthy meadian of two polar opposites. ​ Along with being the fathers of political parties, the two main people in the cabnet also had very different ways of interpereting the Contsitution. Halmilton took a very loose interpetation, allowing for the passing of a few laws. Although practicing their rights of assembly, the Whiskey Rebellion was put down due to Hamilton's efforts in stating that they were criminals in not paying their taxes, and they do not get the same rights. Jefferson took the Constitution literally; whatever it said, he followed to the letter. He used his interpretations to protect people's rights and keep the power of the states strong. Washington, being a great mediator, took both sides into account, both a loose and literal interpretation, during his presidency and decided upon what was best for the country.

Washington's effort to do what was best through the views of both Hamilton and Jefferson created our country and the debates that followed. The debates for a stronger central government and stronger state government still go on today, as do the loose and strict interpretations of the Constitution. Washington, being the most influencial man of the early United States of America, created the debates and our country with his presidency.