Founding Brothers
...very much a part of each others’ lives and decisions during the Revolutionary Era. Though they are commonly called the Founding Fathers of the county, the author makes a point to show how these “fathers” were all connected to one another and grew together in the tumultuous task of creating and stabilizing this new nation. They accomplished great tasks together, and without them we surely would not be living how we are today.
When someone wants something, it seems they might go to the ends of the earth to get it. The same might be said for Alexander Hamilton. When his national financial plan was stagnant in Congress, he had nowhere to turn except to his political opposition. He could no longer take watching his plan float around and get nowhere, so he decided to take action.
In a very bold and brave move by Hamilton, he accepted Jefferson’s offer to hold a dinner for the main players in the movement of the plan. During the event, Hamilton would push his points for the plan in hope of the lightness of the mood allowing them to hear and understand him better. Though this would seemingly be an uncomfortable position for Hamilton, he did what needed to be done, and for that he must be applauded. Hamilton felt that his plan to establish good national credit was proper, rightfully so because there seemed to be no other plan or person that took the initiative to push it through.
The main oppositions to the plan were the complexity of it and the toll it would take on states that had already paid most of their dues. In truth, it seems that both reasons were viable, but with the higher interest of the country at stake, states may have had to take a toll to keep the nation on its feet. With the nation taking on the states debts, states that had already paid most of their debt would be slighted, and many people, especially James Madison didn’t like that. These...
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