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**Debating a National Bank ** The most controversial part of Like many debates during the Constitutional Convention, the disagreement centered on how much power the central government should have.  A broader debate arose over two ways of viewing the Constitution: **strict construction**and **loose construction**. People who favor strict construction believe that the government should only do what the Constitution specifically states  [k1]  it can do . On the other hand, those who favor loose construction think that the government can take reasonable actions that are not outlined in the Constitution—as long as those actions are not specifically prohibited. 

 **Hamilton’s bank plan ** The Constitution (Article I, Section 8) listed a number of specific, or expressed, powers that are granted to Congress. When  [k2]  , he pointed to the clause in the Constitution that allows Congress to pass all laws that are “necessary and proper” to carry out its assigned powers.  This broad interpretation of the Constitution was a prime example of loose construction. From Hamilton’s point of view, the “  [k3]  ” clause allowed actions that follow the intent of the Constitution even though those actions are not specifically named in the Constitution. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> This clause has allowed the government to expand its powers and to adjust to changing times. To this day, it is still a question for debate. 

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Jefferson opposes the bank ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Jeffersonian Republicans continued the Antifederalists’ arguments against a strong central government. Jefferson himself, although he admired Washington and Madison, was lukewarm about the Constitution in its final form.  <span style="background: fuchsia; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">He favored limiting government powers to only those specifically spelled out in the Constitution [k4]  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">—and that would not include the power to form a national bank.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Washington signs the bank bill ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The bank proposal made others uneasy as well. Its directors were to be private bankers, who would clearly gain more influence and wealth from it. Madison, Randolph, and others joined Jefferson in opposing it. Speaking to Congress, Madison said that the right to regulate trade had little to do with a national bank. <span style="background: yellow; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Despite the opposition, Congress passed the bill and sent it to the president to sign. Jefferson urged Washington to veto the bank [k5]  <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> While Washington admitted that he was “greatly perplexed,” he did not want to use the presidential veto. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> Hamilton eventually persuaded President Washington to be flexible. Washington signed the bill to charter the first **Bank of the United States** in February 1791.

[k1]   A national bank wanted to be created but many disagreed because that would be giving the fedral govermnet more power then it gave the states

[k2]Helps constitution to make the right decisiions

[k3]Helps to adjust to changing times

[k4]Jeffersion believed in a strong state government not a fedral government he thought the only people that should have power is those specifically spellled out in the constitution

[k5] This is important because jefferson disagreed, strongly with this law.. jefferson wanted the national bank to have a lot to do with the natiuonal bank and if they see that something is not a law just because they dont see it in the contitutution
 * Define in your own words || comments /connections/questions ||
 * Strict Constructionist: a person who is very strict

loose constuctionist: people who are very easy going also just because they dont see something\ then they think it will be okay || it not good to be strict its better to be loose.. im a loose person being strict is an awful thing

this is better the people are more easy going dont have to much tension ||

Quotes : “To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition…. The Constitution allows only the means which are “necessary,” not those which are merely “convenient” for effecting the enumerated powers.”- thomas jefferson-1791


 * “Every power vested in a Government is in its nature sovereign, and includes … a right to employ all the means requisite [necessary], and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power; and which are not percluded by restrictions & exceptions specified in the constitution.” ||
 * Alexander Hamilton, 1791 ||

hamilton is loose just because its not there means that it cant be created jefferson is very strict he thinks they should follow the constitution a hundred percent

__ ﻿ __ These are opinons because both man are stating how they feel and there thought on this new idea

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