Wednesday, November 28, 2007

How can a government build a unified nation out of people with diverse interests and concerns?

It was very hard during Washingtons presidency to make everyone happy. Two different groups of political parties were in the government. Hamilon and Jefferson were very differnt people and had a lot of trouble getting along. Hamilton was a Federalist and Jefferson was a Democratic rebublican. The democratic republican then is nothing like the ones today. Washington tried very hard to make them understand each other. Their differences were so extreme they couldnt get along at all with each other. These two parties didnt actually emerege till after Washingtons Presidency.

I beleive it is very hard to make people understand each others concerns. People will either do it on their own or it wont happen. It would be very hard for Washington to force them to get along with each other. It actually would be pretty much impossible. If Hamilton and Jefferson would have listened to each other more they probobly could of came to an understanding. This is why the political parties arent mixed up any more. It cause to much conflict. To built a strong, unified goverment, you must have an understanding with each other. They should have realized they both cant have their exact way. Hamilton and Jefferson should of came to a fair agreement for the better of the United States.

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