Understanding history is vital for any American citizen. The topic discussed is political equality. I believe Michael I. Meyerson made a great connection between James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. Though many would prefer one over the other, Michael has given a new perspective on how both were important in emphasizing the birth of the US Constitution and the role they both envisioned the US Constitution needed to people to its people.
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over. Hello guys, welcome to my president presentation.
So the topic that I'm going to talk about is
the birth of the U.
S. Constitution.
As you can see on the title, it says the
federalists fighting for political equality.
Um So let's get into it.
Uh a little information about the background.
It's the Liberty Liberty University wallpaper.
I just felt like it kind of alluded to the
subject of the U.
S. Constitution and what my beliefs are as a U.
S. Citizen.
Other than that, let's let's get into it.
So for the first one is history of lenses and
histories value.
You are called upon to deliberate deliberate a new constitution
for the United States of America Quoted by Hambleton 1787.
Um Little.
Um And for about Hamilton's if you haven't seen the
the broadway show of Hambleton called Hamilton's by thomas, it's
a really good show and a I really wouldn't recommend
that you watch it.
It's got some to some good perspective.
Arm history.
So on the side you'll see act proclaim and convey
act as in we must act oh it's just power.
And the second one is proclaimed, we must proclaim, proclaim
the truth and do not be silent through fear by
Catherine. Of Sienna convey, we must convey, ready to fill
at doing the right thing, then succeed at doing the
wrong thing by God Kavanewsky.
So these are just little quotes that that will give
you an insight of what the purpose of this side
is about.
All right.
So the next topic would be my my topic.
Um If you look closely you can see a picture
of liberties blueprint.
It's an actual book cover.
I recently purchased the book a few weeks ago, I
fell in love with the story.
Um down word to that is Um Frederick Douglass.
He's uh he's an abolitionist of slavery.
He's really famous during the 1800s and further down you'll
have the marbury versus Madison keys.
The thing about that case was the first uh case
in the Supreme Court to initialize that the constitution was
actually unconstitutional.
Um furthermore, it was the first case that quoted the
quality of the Federalist, political equality, political equality um as
pertaining to the Federalist.
It was written by John J.
Alexander Hamilton and James Madison in 1787.
Um and the image um section you see the Federalist,
and if you look really closely you can see Elizabeth
Hambleton. I'm guessing this was a first copy of the
Federal is given to her by her husband, alexander Hamilton's
um on the bottom is a description of the artifact,
collective priests of the new constitution.
So during the 18, well, during the late 1700s, um
a lot of the citizens of the United States didn't
realize the importance of understanding what the U.
S. Constitution is.
I mean, some of them actually weren't aware of how
they were able to, you know, find further information about
it, but the Federalists derived by john j alexander and
James Madison.
They created this for um the citizens of the United
States keeping their best interests at heart.
It's it's really good.
Next to that, we have three historical lenses in the
image section.
You'll just see a couple of people reading, just suppose
I didn't wanna remove that, I just felt like um
it captures the essence of understanding historical lenses singing it
from different perspectives and so forth.
Okay, historical lenses when thinking about the birth of the
United States Constitution.
One can imply that this event itself holds such a
significant moment in history.
It also involved the three lenses of history such as
political, economic and social perspectives.
But we will focus on political for the sake of
clarity. Um for the first lens, yeah political politically there
was much needed change in the structure of the political
system to ensure that the purpose of this newly born
government can be measured.
Examples are the bills of rights, separation of power and
etcetera. Uh little information about the Bill Bill of Rights.
It wasn't really uh uh required during the creation of
the the U.
S. Constitution.
In fact, I think it was James Madison and thomas
Jefferson who implied that the bill of rights was needed.
Um And for the separation of power it goes to
show that the branches of the of the US separated
powers, powers amongst the judicial branch, the legislative branch and
the power between state and central government.
Violence to is economical economically.
Us was heavily in depth.
Also there were struggles for Congress to pay soldiers supposed
war which caused an uprising.
Other events also took place such as the problem at
potomac river creating the first bank of America, also known
as the B Ny Mellon as of today, which was
persisted by Hambleton.
Um a little fun fact.
Hambleton needed the approval of George Washington.
So he stayed up I think for for four nights
straight writing a long essay explaining the benefits of having
a bank, the first um National Bank of America.
The third lens social, socially, there was always been attention
between North and south Federal federalism, anti federalists state to
state soldiers to officers even to this day, Pro pro
Hambleton and pro Madison in in the book of liberties
blueprint by Michael Emerson.
If you read the first two pages, he'll he'll give
an explanation as to why.
Um he wrote the book.
Um it's actually to convey understanding between PERL Hamilton's and
pro Madison of the essential roles Hamilton and Madison played
during the creation of the U.
S. Constitution.
A lot of the things um that happened after creating
the federalist um evolved into a severed relationship between the
two, but nonetheless, they took action and they took responsibility
on what they deemed of what the U.
S. Constitution needed to be to the citizens and I
thought that was pretty awesome.
All right.
So going back um next to this is the historical
narrative, historical narrative is basically the perspective between Hamilton and
Madison. Um So yeah, let's get into that Liberty's blueprint.
Michael Emerson has done a tremendous job depicting the significant
roles of which travel to the medicine um um in
which shifted the outcome of what our US constitution is
today. Also given credit to the work of the federalists.
Huh? For making substantial document in America's history of political
equality. So if you have a red liberties blueprint, I
suggest that you should as a citizen of the United
States. It's a it's a great tool and a great
um exposure to a new perspective of what the U.
S. Constitution um uh involved.
So yeah.
Alright, so now we're towards the end.
This is my contact information.
If you ever have any questions or concerns or maybe
just to chat about the topic in general and what
your perspective is on political equality.
Oh sure.
Okay. So final questions.
Um we must take into account the value of history
and the reason to learn from it and use that
as an igniter to start something in our society which
will pave new paths and create new moments in history.
Uh as you can see I made bulletin, it shows
The 1st 1 says our lives be the change.
Um Going back to quotes, I've been searching for a
lot of quotes that involved history and you know, the
impacts of history and a lot of it shows that
we are capable in fact more than we know in
creating a change or history in our lives especially in
the history of the United States.
Um The 2nd 1 does history repeats its health personally.
I don't think so.
Um No hamiltonian Madison and the collaboration of the Federalists
proves that history did not repeat itself going more into
depth. Um Learning about Madison and Hamilton and how they
envisioned a better.
America is an admirable characteristic but honestly implementing strategies, conducting
speeches, writing letters.
That contributes to the progress of America's constitution is by
far a fascinating story if you if you you know
I keep bringing up the book but it's a really
great storyline to understand how the U.
S. Constitution was made.
But if you actually looked deep into the events and
chronologically um see that Hamilton's Madison.
They were do you were actually there for each other
for the most part.
Um And it and it shows that the US evolved
because of it.
Especially the constitution um towards the end are we obligated
to know history as citizens of the U.
S. I definitely think so yes because in order to
be a grounded US citizen.
It is I think required for you to understand the
history of the United States and I I used to
think that the U.
S. Constitution was created based on what the what the
central government felt.
Um I didn't realize that it was it had to
be passed through a lot of negotiations and approvals and
voting and it just goes to show that, you know,
America grew from democracy and yeah, things have changed through
the past years.
Um other than that I researched more about cultures, history
because um it wasn't taught in school and realized much
of what we consider socially consider it is backed up
with an origin story.
So this course brought a new perspective to America's Foundation
as well as the culture that I come from being
a islander from Hawaii, I'm small and I, you know,
I realized that there's a lot to learn within my
own culture and it's a great tool to know, especially
a concept to understand that history is very important.
Um All right, so in conclusion, you'll see some images.
There's Michael I Meyerson and the director of Hamilton's right
next time and further down um is Elizabeth Hambleton.
After watching the show, I've realized that um right Elizabeth
Hambleton is mainly the reason why the story of Hambleton
has been, has been perpetuated throughout history and I think
it's a phenomenal phenomenal act for her to continue his
work and his stories.
They actually for in fact they actually she actually made
a orphanage um in the in the early 1800s because
of her husband.
So I admire her a lot.
So, but other than that, thank you guys for joining
me today.
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