HIS 315K Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Francophile, Polymath, Verbosity
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Party politics fanned by newspaper wars through provocation. Didn"t favor a balance between state and national gov"t. Thomas jefferson called themselves republicans to make the impression that hamilton and his peers were anti-republican. Narrowly lost the 1796 election to federalist john adams. Hamilton was always in middle of a storm; his ideas on the economy provoked much controversy. Jefferson was a genius, a renaissance man, a polymath. During eve of jefferson"s inauguration, there was already a defined two-party system. The inauguration was peaceful, despite attacks on jefferson on a mad tom jacobin. Great francophile, designed his house based on the old french villa. Man of books and words on the written page; however, not a man of verbosity. There was a common need for consensus instead of factionalism. Elites tried to consolidate their power after the upheavals of the revolution. Yeoman farmer was ideal citizen of the new republic, as opposed to the aristocracy and the dominant merchant elites.
