#jeffersonians

[an-american-experiment]

We want our leaders to save the day - But we don’t get a say in what they trade away. We dream of a brand new start - But we dream in the dark, for the most part. Dark as a tomb where it happens. I’ve got to be in the room … The room where it happens. I’ve got to be… The room where it happens. I’ve got to be.. The room where it happens. Oh, I’ve got to be in the room where it happens… The room where it happens. I’ve got to be, I’ve gotta be, I’ve gotta be… in the room! The room where it happens. I wanna be in the room where it happens. Click-boom! Click-boom!

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Politics in the United States have always been divisive to some extent. The Federalists and the group that came from the Anti-Federalists - Democratic-Republicans, Jeffersonians, Burrites, what have you, fought brutally. They wrote horrible comments in the papers and held nothing back (more on that later). Despite this, they are still forced to work together. Burr joined this fray (though, however, he had been a part of it before in the New York Assembly previously) with every intent of making it to the top. Whatever his beliefs, and he did keep them close and did not always write them down or share them, he knew he wanted a say in the new government. 

Sources: the following sources were used - the collected letters/writings of Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton the Revolution, Ron Chernow’s biography of Hamilton, The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton by Allan McLane Hamilton, Hamilton by Richard Syllia, and Charles Cerami’s book called Young Patriots. In addition, War of Two by John Sedgwick and Washington and Hamilton by Tony Williams were used throughout. 

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[an-american-experiment]

Southern mother-fuckin’ Democratic-Republicans! Oh!

Lin-Manuel Miranda

The Democratic-Republican party, many of whom would also fall into the category of Jeffersonians were those who were in opposition to the ideas of the Federalists. They supported a smaller federal government where the power remained with the states, similar to how it had under the Articles of Confederation. Like how Jefferson is depicted in the musical, they also did not support the fiscal policies that would give power to the federal government, policies like Hamilton’s financial plan and national bank. Though in reality many of the leading men within the party were essentially landed gentry like Jefferson, the party itself claimed to be of and for the common man and lower classes. Jeffersonians believed, theoretically, that any well informed citizens could make decisions for the government and country. 

Sources: the following sources were used - the collected letters/writings of Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton the Revolution, Ron Chernow’s biography of Hamilton, The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton by Allan McLane Hamilton, Hamilton by Richard Syllia, and Charles Cerami’s book called Young Patriots. In addition, War of Two by John Sedgwick and Washington and Hamilton by Tony Williams were used throughout. Proclamation of Neutrality: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/neutrality-proclamation/.

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[an-american-experiment]

Since being one put me on the up and up again. No one knows who you are or what you do. They don’t need to know me. They don’t like you. Excuse me? Oh, Wall Street thinks you’re great. You’ll always be adored by the things you create but upstate,

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Burr clearly wanted a say in this new government - he worked his way up through the levels. First in the assembly in New York, then attorney general there, then winning this seat against Schuyler in the Senate. Eventually he would become Vice President - though his ultimate goal was probably the presidency itself. But he did not write down his particular opinions on issues - he did not fit neatly into the parties of either Hamilton or Jefferson, though one might argue he fit more closely with the Jeffersonians and Democratic-Republicans. 

Sources: the following sources were used - the collected letters/writings of Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton the Revolution, Ron Chernow’s biography of Hamilton, The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton by Allan McLane Hamilton, Hamilton by Richard Syllia, and Charles Cerami’s book called Young Patriots. In addition, War of Two by John Sedgwick and Washington and Hamilton by Tony Williams were used throughout. 

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[an-american-experiment]

Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him. Pissed him off until we had a two-party system.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Before Thomas Jefferson came onto the scene of the new government created by the Constitution, there were already people resisting Hamilton and his ideas. To give all the credit to Jefferson would be discrediting basically everyone else, because Hamilton was fairly unpopular after his comments at the Constitutional Convention about monarchy. And, even after that particular scandal was over, plenty of other people disliked Hamilton’s ideas. The Anti-Federalist papers, authored by New York’s George Clinton, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, Samuel Adams, Elbridge Gerry, Edmund Randolph, and George Mason, were all clearly in opposition to Hamilton before Jefferson had the chance to be. Their papers were the beginning of a vocal group of individuals who disliked giving power to a federal government for a variety of reasons. Though Jefferson would share some of their sentiments, it was these men who started the discords of a two party system: Federalists vs. Antifederalists. Though the name would change, the Jeffersonians, or Democratic-Republicans, would hold on to many of the ideas the Anti-Federalists put forth. 

Sources: the following sources were used - the collected letters/writings of Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton the Revolution, Ron Chernow’s biography of Hamilton, The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton by Allan McLane Hamilton, Hamilton by Richard Syllia, and Charles Cerami’s book called Young Patriots. In addition, War of Two by John Sedgwick and Washington and Hamilton by Tony Williams were used throughout. Anti-Federalist information was found at: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-anti-federalists-and-their-important-role- during-the-ratification-fight. 

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[a-night-in-nanupp]

John Jay: Ok Washington I'll go talk to those Britts and see if I can settle some things with them even though I don't want to.

John Jay: Hey guys, the British are finally going to get out of our country and pay us for the damage they did to our ships!

Jeffersonians: HE MUST BE HANGED AND GUILLOTINED!

John Jay: What

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jeffersonians replied to your post: 

kelly did you mean to publish this publicly

ugh no i hit the wrong button thank you dear