The church played a very important role because it was "all around" in medieval times. On the level of almost every village there was a church and a priest which helped spread the word of the christian god. Through this, almost every person down to a villager somewhere in a village in Europe was able to come to church where people gathered on Sundays and hear new information and educate himself on various things related to faith and religion.
The event that sparked the beginning of the conflict between Hamilton and Jefferson is that Hamilton wanted a strong federal government. He believed in a centralized federal government with strong power.
Republicans captured total control of Congress on Tuesday, riding a wave of voter discontent to take the Senate for the first time in eight years ... low level of interest in the election, and those who did show up were not happy.
