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Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana because he believed every family needed a large, self-sufficient farm. Alexander Hamilton gave birth to the Bank of the United States because he thought our nation needed capital investment. Jefferson used his ideology to extend ....

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.... of free public education. Alexander Hamilton was the symbol of the Federalist party. He had a dream of national grandeur to which he was prepared to subordinate the interests of the people. He had a wish to replace the Articles of Confederation with a strong centralized government. The states were to have virtually no power. Hamilton thought that under this essentially monarchical plan, the national government would have unlimited sovereignty. Hamilton worked to promote commerce, industry, and a strong central government, under which, he believed, the economy would flourish. The debts incurred during the revolution were massive. The end re ....