1. power vs. freedom
   
   • H=common welfare of the majority
     
   • J=individual rights of the minority
     

2. broad vs. narrow Constitution
   
   • H=Art. I, sec. 8 that "Congress shall have the power to...
     provide for the common defense and the general welfare"
     and "make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper
     for carrying into execution the foregoing powers"
     
   • J=Amend. 10 that "the powers not delegated to the U.S.
     by the Constitution; nor prohibited by it to the states,
     are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
     

3. business vs. ideas
   
   • H=man of affairs, America's "1st businessman"
     
   • J=man of intellect, America's "1st architect"
     

4. better sort vs. yeoman citizen
   
   • H=the Schuylers, Powels, Binghams
     
   • J=the war veterans like Shays, Shattucks
     

5. national bank
   
   • H=to establish the public credit for "greater good"
     
   • J= an "engine of corruption" by Duer, Reynolds
     

6. industry vs. farming
   
   • H=Society for Estab. of Useful Manufactures
     
   • J=agrarian self-sufficiency of Monticello
     

7. east vs. west
   
   • H=Atlantic shipping, equal tariff, Jay's Treaty
     
   • J=empire of liberty, growth westward, Greenville Treaty
     

8. Britain vs. France
   
   • H=join with Brit. against French Revolution
     
   • J=join with France, Cosway, Houdon, and the Patriots
     

9. scandal
   • H=Maria Reynolds - George Washington TV miniseries
   • J=Sally Hemmings - Jefferson in Paris film

Links:

• Federalist Era
• Jefferson's Monticello - especially the Plantation exhibit