Madison's gift: five partnerships that built America

The end of the beginning

Part I: Alexander Hamilton. Impatient young men ; A powerful effect on our destiny ; A system to last for ages ; Creating the Federalist ; Ratification battles

Part II: George Washington. Courting the General ; Starting from scratch ; Not altogether useless ; The deal

Part III: Jefferson. First, friendship ; The Hamilton problem ; Becoming Republicans ; Party warrior ; No time for qualms

Part IV: James Monroe. Friends and rivals and friends ; Distant diplomacy ; The rupture ; Reclaiming a friend ; The Republican way of war ; Near to a miracle

Part V: Dolley. All things to all men ; The lady presidentess ; Adam and Eve at Montpelier ; The constitutional sage of Montpelier ; "A sad blot on our free country" ; Farewells..