In the year 1800, America was still a new, inexperienced nation. The many faults in the political system were still being ironed out, and the introduction and implementation of these new processes were stirring great interest in the people. The Presidential elections were one of the biggest changes that the Constitution had brought about in its ratification. The elections gave the people a chance to have their voices heard and to express their opinions in whom they believed should lead their country, without giving them a dangerous or excess amount of power. The Electoral College was the system that had the final vote in who would be president, and it consisted of 138 electors from the sixteen states in which “Each presidential elector cast …show more content…
Since there was very little trust between the men at the caucuses, they made pledges where they promised loyalty in voting for their chosen candidates. In the end, the “Federalist Party nominated John Adams, President of the United States, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, former U.S. Minister to France, while the Jefferson-Republican or Democratic-Republican Party nominated Thomas Jefferson, Vice President of the United States and former Minister to France, and Aaron Burr, former U.S. Senator (Goodman).” Although John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were, at the time, working together as President and Vice President in the Adams Administration, their views were nowhere near aligning. Adams, as a Federalist, supported strong federal government control over the national economy and foreign relations. In his time as President, he had had to deal with the Quasi-War, “America 's first major international crisis,” between Britain, France, and America (Florence). This meant that Adams had to make many major decisions in regards to the nation’s commerce and defense. “Some extreme Federalists were ready for a fight, but President Adams disappointed them, refusing to press war against Virginia or France (Florence).” His decision angered many …show more content…
Because of the war, the United States was deeply divided(punctuation) both geographically, between the North and the South, and by factions, between the Federalists and Republicans. Because of the conflicting interests across states, it was especially hard for the parties to stay organized and come to agreements. A temporary solution to this problem was when “Northerners and Southerners personally vowed to support the candidate from the other region (Freeman).” This meant that the Northern electors would vote for the candidate of their party from the South, and the South would do the same for the North, which would ensure that the votes were not cast with special state interests in mind. Another effect of the war was the execution of the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts. These were put into place by the Adams Administration to and were “intended to crush the Democratic-Republican political opposition” by “prohibiting ‘scandalous and malicious’ writing or speaking against the United States government, the president, or either casa of Congress (Florence).” The Acts were obviously targeting Jefferson and his followers, who were outraged by these new limitations that they believed to be infringing on their first amendment rights to freedom of speech. Another way that the Adams
Did you know that Jefferson and Adams died on the same day? John Adams probably can be used argued to be one of the best presidents in American History. John Adams was born on November 11,1735 in Quincy, MA. John Adams was a lawyer, founding father,Vice President and 2nd president of the United States. He had many flaws and accomplishments while Commander in Chief.
No single event is to blame for Lady Liberty’s stubborn outlook on compromise. The new land of opportunity was in a rush to put together the pieces of their new lands and in turn created conflicts along the way on too wide of a span of issues. The debate of what launched our new United States of America into it’s first war onto itself because of our failure to seek compromise is largely debated. It is arguably because of the succession of the South and failure of the Compromise of 1850 that propelled America into war amongst its peoples. From the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Lincoln 's Presidency, polarized political interests, to the Mexican American War… America was far too divided on too many issues with polarized hopes and interests.
Which in turn forced the election into the hands of the House of Representatives, even though the House was still controlled by Federalists. Seeing the flaws in the Constitution, Congress proposed the 12th amendment in which each elector would have to cast separate votes for President and Vice-President. In the end, Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican, won and was elected president. This is why the election of 1800 is considered a revolution; it was the first time in history where one group of people gave up power to another group of people without any physical violence or war. It wasn’t only significant to America, but it was also a turning point for the whole world and the way people saw America as a country that would work together to build itself and was willing to change for the better of the
The new nation in the 1790s, still in its infant state, had to formulate foreign policies and determine and strengthen the position of the nation in an international sphere. In this state, it was not capable of fighting another war with England. George Washington had devised the Proclamation of Neutrality of America from European conflicts. So, he sent a delegate, Chief Justice John Jay, to London to negotiate a bargain to avoid a war with England. The bargain, however, was one-sided in the favor of England.
Today the presidential system is a democratic and republican system of government where a head of government leads an executive branch and separated from the legative branch. In what way does the “electoral college” system demonstrate the distrust that the founding fathers had of the electorate in 1787? The used the electoral college instead of just voting because they wanted to keep a balance the interests of high population and low population
The Electoral College is the intuition that formally elects the president. Each state has a certain amount of electors assigned to it, that number is based on how many representative that states as in congress. It is made up of 538 members which is the sum of the 435representative, 100 senators, and 3 electors given to the District of Columbia. In order to win the election a presidential candidate needs to receive a majority of the votes (270). The topic of whether the Electoral College is still a necessary part of today’s election process is highly controversial.
After much debated the created the Electoral College which is a presidential voting system that a fixed number of votes were cast in each state for whom they wanted to become president. Although these are three major compromises that the farmers had created the electoral college is the only system that we still use today because eventually the south wouldn't appeal to many of the northern states due to slavery which started the civil
The Founding Fathers desperately feared that a breakdown in the federal government would result in civil war. Their conflict also draws attention to how well these Founding Brothers tended to know one another. Hamilton and Burr had worked together on the battlefield and in the early legislation halls, all of which is true of most of the figures Ellis speaks about. He also introduces the crucial themes of his book: the importance of compromise, the centrality of the specific relationships in the early Union, and the strict expectations that these Founding Fathers had for one another. Finally, Ellis 's research in this chapter reveals his desire to uncover factual
When an individual decides to vote for the up coming election for the president of the United States of America they are in fact not voting for a candidate but for an elector instead that will cast your vote in your place instead. Although some might believe that they voted for the next president, 538 electors will make the vote. The method of selecting an elector to vote for the president instead of individuals choosing the president through their own vote is a system known as the “The Electoral College”. According to “We the People: An Introduction to American Politics” an electoral college is defined as “ the electors from each state who meet after the popular elections to cast ballots for president and vice president”.
Your vote doesn’t count. I realized the truth of this statement after a recent experience. Knowing the Hyde Park Municipal election draws closer, I work to complete my registration. My first time voting, I research the candidates and prepare my voter’s card. I become excited, when in reality, this preparation is in vain.
At that moment, the outcome of a civil war would have been catastrophic to the unity of the nation hence they unanimously agreed that the Federal Government was incapable of resolving the issue. The outcome was accepted by both the Northern and the Southern sides hence cooling the rising tension that threatened to tear the country apart. Numerous actions of wisdom and sound judgment just like this one are explored in the book including when Washington decides to step down from the presidency abandoning power to preserve the unity of the republic. In the same acts of nobility and understanding, the enmity between Adams and Jefferson subsides and they eventually strike a partnership. “They were the odd couple of the American Revolution,” which is precisely why they worked so well together” (Ellis, 2003 pg. 163).
In 1787, years after the founding of the United States, the Constitutional Convention met to decide how the new nation would govern itself. The delegates understood that the need for a leader was necessary but still bitterly remembered how Britain abused of its power. The delegates agreed that the President and Vice President should be chosen informally and not based on the direct popular vote, thus gave birth to the Electoral College. The Electoral College is defined as “a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.” Since 1787 the Electoral College has been the system for voting in the United States, but with our nation ever more changing and growing it
Our founding fathers realized that, governmentally, there were already some great divides in our country, much of it economical in quality, and much of it due to simple situation. The office of the committee and the vice presidency is the only internal decision we hold all other lawmakers are voted in at or below state level, but for these two highest offices, the election is internal. and they wanted to establish that no certain type of industrial or political circumstance could control this highest election, so they conceived of the 'electoral college ', and it always has the same number of members as the total of our congressmen in
The Electoral College is the process to which the United States elects the President, and the Vice President. The founders of the Constitution came up with this process. This was done to give additional power to the small states, and it was done to satisfy them. It works by the citizens of the United States electing representatives called electors. Each state is given the same amount of electors, as they are members of congress.
Several years after the United States came to be, the Constitutional Convention met to determine how the new nation should govern itself. The delegates saw that it was crucial to have a president and vice president, but the delegates did not want these offices to reflect how the colonies were treated under the British rule. The delegates believed that the president’s power should be limited, and that he should be chosen through the system known as the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a body of people who represent the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the electing of the president and vice president. Many citizens feel that the Electoral College goes against our nation’s principle of representative democracy, while others