Hamilton Plan

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The Hamilton Plan was Alexander Hamilton’s proposal at the Constitutional Convention advocating a strong centralized government with features resembling the British system, including a powerful executive and lifetime terms for key officials.

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instanceOf constitutional proposal ⓘ
political plan ⓘ
advocated strong centralized government ⓘ
aimedTo create stable central authority ⓘ
limit state power ⓘ
strengthen national sovereignty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hamilton’s plan of government ⓘ
contrastedWith New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Virginia Plan ⓘ
countryContext United States ⓘ
degreeOfAdoption not adopted as submitted ⓘ
discussedIn records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Founding era of the United States ⓘ
includedFeature executive elected for life ⓘ
executive with absolute veto over legislation ⓘ
indirect election of executive ⓘ
lifetime terms for key officials ⓘ
powerful executive ⓘ
strong national legislature ⓘ
upper legislative chamber with life tenure ⓘ
weak role for the states ⓘ
influenced debates on strength of executive ⓘ
debates on structure of national government ⓘ
influencedBySystem British constitutional system ⓘ
inspiredBy British House of Lords ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords

British monarchy ⓘ
languageOfDraft English ⓘ
politicalOrientation nationalist ⓘ
presentedAt Constitutional Convention ⓘ
presentedInYear 1787 ⓘ
proposedBy Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
proposerRole delegate from New York ⓘ
rejectedBy Constitutional Convention ⓘ
relatedToDocument United States Constitution ⓘ
status unadopted proposal ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly analysis of American constitutional development ⓘ

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