USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The debate between the two concerned the power of the central government versus that of the states, with the Federalists favoring the former and the Antifederalists advocating states’ rights. Hamilton sought a strong central government acting in the interests of commerce and industry.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamilton advocated a strict neutrality for the United States; a neutrality vehemently opposed by the Republicans on the basis that, as France had helped the United States win her independence, it was incumbent upon the United States to reciprocate.

Detailed explanation-3: -As United States minister to France when revolutionary fervor was rising toward the storming of the Bastille in 1789, Jefferson became an ardent supporter of the French Revolution, even allowing his residence to be used as a meeting place for the rebels led by Lafayette.

Detailed explanation-4: -The debates of 1793 were also somewhat different in their scope. The earlier disputes had been about both policy and principle. On the international questions of 1793, however, Hamilton and Jefferson did not oppose each other on the basic question of policy.