The Revolutionary War, while not nearly as deadly as the ... Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison were all such staunch nationalists after the war was over. They had seen how incapable the ...

With regard to the affairs of state, wrote one contemporary, Madison “has the most knowledge…of any Man in the Union.” Challenges: James Madison struggled to keep the nation neutral in the war between ...

James Madison ... As president, Madison helped establish the Democratic-Republican Party of Jeffersonian ideals. He asked Congress to declare war on Britain in 1812, and the war began so badly ...