Most of his clients were former Loyalists who wanted to get their property back that had been taken during the revolution, but Hamilton had little qualms about representing his former enemies. Hamilton’s fundamentally conservative nature was reflected by his clients and his law practice.
While he was practicing law, Hamilton wandered his way into politics (Finkelman). When he made his way back into politics, he felt a revitalization in his nationalism. Hamilton thought that a strong central government would be necessary for the new nation. So, during the time after the war that is critical to the rebirth process, Alex pushed for a new constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation (Britannica). …show more content…
constitution. They were an intermediary between initial government with the Continental Congress of the Revolutionary period and the federal government under the U.S. Constitution of 1787. The Articles were written in 1776–77 but were not fully ratified by the states until March 1, 1781. The Articles of Confederation gave Congress the power to “regulate foreign affairs, war, and the postal service and to appoint military officers, control Indian affairs, borrow money, determine the value of coin, and issue bills of credit” (Britannica School). However, they did not give Congress any power to request and enforce its requests for money or troops from the states, and thus the Articles became ineffective by the end of 1786 (Britannica