Question

Alexander Hamilton’s subsidization of business, his bond connections to the wealthy, his non-Congressional taxes, the use of the “necessary and proper” clause to justify his constitutionally dubious U.S. Bank, and his heavy-handed response to the Whiskey Rebellion alarmed liberals.

True or False

Answer 1

True

Step-by-step explanation:

The liberal founding fathers, led by Thomas Jefferson, were strongly opposed to Alexander Hamilton's plans. Being the first Treasury Secretary, Hamilton strongly rooted for an organized Federal Government with far-reaching powers. However, his liberal brothers were opposed to a powerful Federal Government. They preferred that power should ride nearer home, with the people, exercisable through their local and state governments. But Hamilton saw things differently. As the two opposing leaders were pitched against each other on different camps, people recognized the fear driving each camp. They concluded that "Hamilton feared anarchy and thought in terms of order and Jefferson feared tyranny and thought in terms of freedom."