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How did Jefferson's views about the Constitutions implied powers differ from

the views of Alexander Hamilton?

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Jefferson believed that the federal government could claim powers only directly assigned to it by the Constitution. All others powers fell to the states. Hamilton believed that the federal government should be able to claim powers that were implied by the Constitution
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