I started thinking more about this topic after revisiting the Hamilton musical. Both were great men, both were heads of political parties, and both were important in winning the revolutionary war. But who was more crucial, and did more to benefit the country.
After putting in some thought I would have to side with Jefferson. Of course the declaration of independence was of huge importance. But I think his views were more inline with what the country was about.
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Basically, at the dawn of the American nation, there were two mainstream schools of thought: Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian. Jefferson saw the government as nothing more but the guarantor of constitutional rights. Hamilton, on the other hand, saw the government as a means to directly fix societal and economical issues. Jefferson advocated for a minimalist, strongly decentralised government; Hamilton advocated for a strong central government.
Hamilton's ideology was easier to follow, hence it won over in the end. Later Lincoln, Wilson and, finally, Roosevelt continued his ideas logically, and finally we got a large monster sucking life out of people and the economy in order to sustain itself.
Historians later compared Hamilton's views to those of the British crown, while Jefferson embodied the ideals of the American independence.
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