Comparison Of The Problems Between Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, And James Madison

Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison were three key individuals in the formation of a young and uncertain United States in which failure was more prevalent than success. The three men gathered together at a dinner table to discuss the problems surrounding the young nation. The problems they discussed were issues of the nation’s debt and the location its new capital.

The issues of the nation’s debt was of the two center point in the discussion between the three men especially between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. They two men had differing views on the national debt. Hamilton had proposed that the individual state debts should be absorbed by the federal government. However, Madison opposed the idea because he knew