Who Was the MVP of the American Founding?

9/30/2015

Jacqueline Goff

10/11/2015 11:10:47 pm

Alexander Hamilton was by far the second MVP in the American founding. Hamilton was the base of the strong and stabilizing economy that continues to run this country today. Alexander had years of war experience and military financial services. He created the national bank, agreed and often contributed to Washington's policies, and even before joining the war wrote many pamphlets to enrich the American pride. Alexander Hamilton wrote the call for the Philadelphia Convention, which later became known as the Constitutional Convention. It was due to his call that the constitution was created, and he was one of the many signatures at the bottom of the document that changed American history. He is the leading American Constitutional theorist of his generation.Without the strong executive that Hamilton devised, the nation would have been left unstable and with no protection. He was a prudential statesman who was chose by Washington to be the first secretary of the treasury. He held an economy that was diverse and strong enough to refrain from the three major empires. Hamilton, in little sense, was easily and obviously the MVP for second place in the American founding.

Alanis Morgan

10/13/2015 07:14:42 pm

Alanis Morgan
Alexander Hamilton was the second MVP because George Washington was the first. If Washington is considered the main important person, and his ideas went along with Hamiltons and he worked with Hamilton doesn't that automatically make him the second MVP? He was apart of many changes that were associated with the founding of America. The United States primary document that is looked upon is the Constitution. Hamilton, not Jefferson, participated in the making and ratification of it. Hamiliton himself helped put together the Constitutional Convention in order to create this stronger government that America needed at the time. He influenced the making of the electoral college and house or representatives, which is a major contribution to todays government. With the creation of national debt he allowed the states to come together and made economic growth possible. Under the Elastic Clause Hamilton was able to create a National Bank which gave the government a safe place to put their money, regulated state banks, and allowed for more circulation of money. He actively participated in the U.S army and worked towards the end of lawlessness. He helped to end the Whiskey Rebellion and demonstrate that the government would not allow resistance against its policies. Although Jeffersons ideas are more modern and idealistic they are not the ideas that the U.S needed when it first came to order. They discovered that they didn't want a aristocracy, and that a weak government was ineffective and lead to rebellion. Hamilton does not focus on individual liberties and eradicating slavery, but he always does what he believes is in the best interest for his country. So if Washington has such a great legend for his presidency and ideas, Alexander Hamilton should be right behind him.

Who Was the MVP of the American Founding?

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