ALEXANDER HAMILTON

• Believed in having a strong central government.
• Promoted business and manufacturing
• pushed for a National Bank and succeeded
• Believed in loose construction
• Wanted higher tarriffs

Alexander Hamilton

THOMAS JEFFERSON

• Wanted to protect the power of the states
• Wanted to lower tarriffs
• Opposed the bank=unconstitutional
• Believed in strict construction
• Supported farmers and rural areas

Thomas Jefferson