Essay on Alexander Hamiltons Poltical Philosophy

Alexander Hamiltons Poltical Philosophy This country was shaped by many great men, with one simple idea of being able to live free lives and make their own choices. One of these men was Alexander Hamilton, who helped create a new political idea that he, and his colleagues, called Federalism. This system was one of the shaping forces of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, which proved to be the roots of America’s political system. The purpose of this paper is to explain Hamilton’s idea of Federalism, and how it is still in affect today. Alexander Hamilton grew up in what was called the â€Å"new world†. He arrived here an â€Å"impoverished immigrant† and by the age of 17, he was already taking orders from General George†¦show more content†¦There were about 85 publications that discussed the whole idea of Federalism, at least Hamilton’s and Madison’s view. They talked about dangers from foreign influence, dangers of war between the states, defects of the Art icles of Confederation, the necessity of government, and the powers of the president and central government. For the most part, Hamilton made up much of what he believed the system should include. Federalism as we know it today, is a form of government in which a constitution divides powers between a central government and sub-divisional governments. In America the central government is the Federal government and the subdivision is the states. Just to have a central government and local governments does not make it federalism you must have division of powers between these two and neither the central or the sub governments receives its powers from the other, their power is derived from one source which is the constitution. Hamilton made it clear by this point in his â€Å"political theory† The purpose of federalism was to provide further protection against tyranny, which threatened peoples, liberties. Also it was formed to prevent the formation of a concentrated power in one a rea of government, so the development of federalism came about. It was created for this purpose but in today’s society does it still serve