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    The Battle of Lexington and Concord is the main initiator of the American Revolution. The Declaration of Independence helped colonists gain back human rights. Federalist Alexander Hamilton and antifederalist Thomas Jefferson had opposing views on new government.

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    The Battle of Lexington and Concord is the main initiator of the American Revolution. The Declaration of Independence helped colonists gain back human rights. Federalist Alexander Hamilton and antifederalist Thomas Jefferson had opposing views on new government.

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    1. TherearemanyopinionsonwhatsparkedtheAmericanRevolution.

    Inmyopinion,theBattleof
    LexingtonandConcordisthemaininitiatoroftheRevolution.Britishtaxacts,USdocuments,
    andUSmeetingsplayedapartleadinguptothebattle,buttheBattleofLexingtonandConcord
    wasthemilitaryengagementofthewar.Whiletheotheractionscontributedtoangerthecolonists
    hadfortheking,theydidntactontheirangeruntilthebattlewhichiswhatsparkedtherestof
    theviolentwar.ThebattleofLexingtonandConcordwasthemilitaryengagementofthe
    AmericanRevolutionthattookplaceinMassachusettsonApril19,1775.
    2. TheDeclarationofIndependencehelpedcolonistsgainbackhumanrightsthathadbeentaken
    fromthembytheking.Oneofthesevalueswasliberty.Thedefinitionoflibertyincludesthatitis
    thestateofbeingfree,whichisexactlywhatthedeclarationdidforcolonists.Thedocumentis
    whatgainedthecolonistsseparationfromtheBritishgovernment,andwhathelpedthestartofa
    newgovernmentinthecolonies.
    3. OnechallengethenewUnitedStatesgovernmentfacedwashowthegovernmentshouldberun.
    Somecolonistswantedapersontokeepatightgriponthecitizenswhileothersjustwanted
    someonewhocouldenforcetheconstitutionalrights.Inresponsetothis,theideaofasenaterose.
    Thesenateiscomposedoftwosenatorsfromeachstate.Thesenatorsaretheonlypeoplecan
    approvetreatiesandorrejecttreatiesandpresidentialnominationsforgovernmentoffices.The
    UnitedStatesrespondedeffectivelytothechallengeofnewgovernmentbecausewhentherewas
    conflictoverhowthegovernmentshouldberun,theyfoundamiddlegroundthatbenefitedboth
    sidesoftheargument.
    4.
    AsFoundingFathersoftheUnitedStates,federalistAlexanderHamiltonandantifederalist
    ThomasJeffersonbothhadverydifferentviewsonnewgovernment.Theybothhadtheiropinionson

    howthenewcountryshouldbegoverned.Morespecifically,theyhadopposingviewsonfederalandstate
    powerandeconomicstructure.
    Whendecidinghowtoruntheeconomy,Hamiltonwantedanationalbank,similartothe
    systemEnglandhad.TheBankofEnglandhadbeendoingwellwithincome,andhewantedtheUnited
    Statestodojustaswell.Hestoodforconsolidatingstatedebtsunderfederalgovernment,generating
    protectivetariffstoavoidforeigncompetitionandgovernmentsubsidiestoencourageAmerican
    manufacturersaswell.Lastly,Hamiltonwantedpromotionofmanufacturesandcommercetoalsohelp
    thestartiftheeconomy.However,ThomasJeffersonopposedthisideabecausehefearedanationalbank
    representedtoomuchEnglishinfluenceandhestatedthattheConstitutiondidntgiveCongressthepower
    toestablishanationalbank.Jeffersonwantedamoretraditionaleconomythatfocusedmoreon
    agriculturethanmanufacturing.HealsowantedtoeliminateinternaltaxeswhileHamiltonwantedto
    maintainthem.ThelastmaindifferencebetweenHamiltonandJeffersonsviewswastheiropinionson
    debt.Hamiltonwantedtousethenationaldebttoestablishcredit,butJeffersonwantedtopayitoff.
    HamiltonandJeffersonalsohadopposingviewsoneconomicstructure.AlexanderHamilton
    favoredastrongfederalgovernmentwithaweakerstategovernment.Havingafederalgovernmentmeant
    thattherewasastrongnationalgovernmentwithsmallerlocalgovernments.Iftheyweretohaveafederal
    governmentsystem,thestateswouldhavelessinput.Hamiltonthoughtthegovernmentshouldbe
    modeledofftheBritishsystem.HealsosupportedlooseinterpretationoftheConstitution.Jeffersonon
    theotherhand,hadamoredemocraticviewandfavoredaweakcentralgovernmentwithstrongstate
    governments.HesupportedstrictinterpretationontheConstitution,andwantedtofollowitclosely.
    AlexanderHamiltonandThomasJeffersonhadmanyopposingviewswhendecidinghowtorun
    theeconomyandgovernmenttheUnitedStates.Theyboththoughtdifferentlyonwhoshouldrulethe
    votes,whichform(s)ofgovernmentshouldbeused,ifthereshouldbeemphasisonagricultureor
    manufacturing,andhowstrictlyorlooselytheyshouldfollowtheConstitution.BothHamiltonand

    JeffersonsopinionshelpedshapetheUnitedStatesintowhatitistoday,andthroughcompromiseanew
    countrywasborn.

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