Hamilton vs. Jefferson
The birth of the first political parties and their differing visions for the nation.
Key Questions
- 1How did their views on the economy and the French Revolution differ?
- 2Was a National Bank constitutional according to Jefferson?
- 3Which vision for America, agrarian or industrial, won out in the long run?
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