CAH Bellringer: September 29th, 2014
Based on what you know so far about
Jefferson and Hamilton, which would
support the idea that all people should
have the right to govern?
Objective:
 Collect information to the problem/ question of
what should government do?
 Respond to research questions.
Jefferson Viewpoints
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Had deep faith in the common people especially farmers
Distrusted special privilege
Wished to lower voting qualifications
Favored a weak central government, strong state governments
Preferred a more democratic government
Wanted to reduce the number of federal employees
Favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution
Believed that individual liberties must be protected by laws
Thought that agriculture should be the backbone of the nation
Did not support giving government aid to trade, finance, and manufacturing
Opposed the establishment of a national bank Wanted to eliminate internal taxes
Wanted to pay off the national debt
Believed that America was obligated to help France
Jeffersonians (Democratic-Republican Party)
Made up of artisans, shopkeepers, frontier settlers, and small farmers
Was strongest in the South, in the Southwest, and on the frontier
 Believed that the common people often acted foolishly
 Thought that the rich, educated and wellborn were the people who should rule
 Wanted to raise voting qualifications
 On the Structure of Government
 Favored a strong central government
 Thought that the American government should be modeled on the British system
 Wanted to increase the number of federal employees
 Supported a loose interpretation of the Constitution
 Thought that individual liberties, such as freedom of speech, should be sometimes restricted
 Wanted a balanced economy of agriculture, trade, finance, and manufacturing
 Favored giving government aid to trade, finance, and manufacturing
 Established a national bank
 Hamiltonians (Federalist Party)
 Consisted of bankers, manufacturers, merchants, professional people, and wealthy farmers
 Had the most support in New England and along the Atlantic coast
Excerpt
You can blame Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton was Washington's secretary of the
treasury, and was as unlike Jefferson as you could get. Jefferson was well-born,
Hamilton was a bastard—literally. Jefferson was measured and graceful, Hamilton
was impulsive and insecure. Jefferson preferred farms and rural life. Hamilton lived
for New York City. But the fight between Hamilton and Jefferson was less about
personalities than competing visions of government. We've already seen that
Jefferson imagined a government that was strong and centralized on foreign policy,
but was as hands-off and restrained as it could be on domestic matters. He was
inherently suspicious of anything that compromised individual self-sufficiency (just
look at how he felt about cities!) and was positively horrified at the thought of
Americans depending on their government. A citizenry dependent on the
government couldn't be independent. Such a turn of events would mean that the
collectivity had become the basic unit of society. It would mean that the
government had compromised individual private life. This was precisely what
Hamilton believed should happen, and he hoped to use the United States Treasury to
make his vision reality. Hamilton believed the government should play a strong role
in individuals' lives; that the collective, consolidated national identity should be
primary. By issuing huge amounts of debt, he hoped to involve the Treasury in the
day-to-day operations of the economy, and so give the government a certain
purchase over citizen's private lives.
Epic Rap Battle
How to Write the Essay
Introduction
1. Grabber (Question, Quote, Anecdote, Interesting
Observation, Etc.)
2. Background (Here’s where you summarize in 2-3
sentences what this event is about.)
3. State the question.
4. Your answer and three pieces of evidence (This is your
thesis and roadmap for the rest of the essay).
5. For this problem you do not have choose Jefferson or
Hamilton, you just have to explain the problem and tell
how they solved or did not solve the problem of what
governmnet should do?
World Studies Bellringer: September 30th, 2014
 How can a primary source like the one below offer
us insight to the past?
 Objective: Understand
how bias can affect how
primary sources are used.
Child Development Bellringer: September 30th, 2014
Explain developmental acceleration with
regards to Caeser in the movie The Rise
of the Planet of the Apes.
Objectives:
 Understand the theories on growth
and development.
 Show excerpts from Planet of the Apes.