Creating the United States

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Lesson to America and the World

Lesson to America and the World (104.02.00)

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After Thomas Jefferson had been chosen president by the House of Representatives, James Madison viewed the avoidance of violence as a lesson to America & the world. The adherence to the Constitution by both Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans continues to be an example of political crises management to this day.
After Thomas Jefferson had been chosen president by the House of Representatives, James Madison viewed the avoidance of violence as a lesson to America & the world. The adherence to the Constitution by both Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans continues to be an example of political crises management to this day.