Why or why not
2007-08-22 12:34:37 · 11 answers · asked by Parrot Bay 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
As with now, there were some of both sides. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson had drastically different ideas about what powers the federal government can and should exercise.
2007-08-22 12:41:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of this great country, as well as the founder of liberalism based on a strong Government and strongest promoter of the US Constitution.
2007-08-22 13:05:54 · answer #2 · answered by 2012 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes because they LIBERATED us from England.
Look at it this way, conservatives say liberals want to control people's decisions, but actually conservatives want to. Two examples are abortion and gay marriage. It's America, people can make their own decisions, so conservatives need to mind their own business.
2007-08-22 14:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by ConsWentDownIn08! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the most part, yes. However, not in sense that the word is commonly used today as the meaning is almost the opposite.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
They were also somewhat conservative. Again, not as the term is used today.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States
In today's venacular they would probably be considered Libertarians rather than Liberals or Conservatives.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism
2007-08-22 13:07:23 · answer #4 · answered by tj 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No..they were perhaps more liberal than those they opposed but could you imagine any one of them at a gay pride parade waving the rainbow?? They did not even come close to resembling what a liberal is today.
2007-08-22 12:42:42 · answer #5 · answered by Erinyes 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well ask a conservative if it is ok to bad mouth the government if you disagree with them?
i am sure mosy where liberal at that time period
2007-08-22 12:48:25 · answer #6 · answered by specal k 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
for their day...they were radicals! Some of the most famous of them, like Jefferson, weren't even Christians.
2007-08-22 13:58:06 · answer #7 · answered by amazed we've survived this l 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They had conservative values: family, religion, no taxes without representation, free markets, strong national defense.
2007-08-22 12:43:10 · answer #8 · answered by regerugged 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes because they believed strongly in the individuals rights.
2007-08-22 12:39:45 · answer #9 · answered by Chuckles 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Were there abortions back then....probably not.
2007-08-22 12:43:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋