Growing the Capital 

Jefferson was a Republican that was a farmer and wanted the capital to look more like a farm. Building a capital based on how each founding father sees the political landscape. With too many ideologies Washington D.C. isn’t going anywhere due to there differences Washington, Jefferson, and Adams ideologies where clashing. Washington wants a strong, power and moving westward political view and with Jefferson heading in the opposite direction with focusing on being a farming capital. Jefferson wants a weak central government, which was completely a 180 from Washington. Jefferson would have a simple setup for the capital, which is from his background of being from Virginia. Dirt roads are completely fine with him. Jefferson didn’t want to force Washington D.C. on the land. He wanted the buildings to look natural with the land. A small, non-development buildings with gardens all around. Gardens=Politics. If the capital looked the way they envisioned they won, their political ideology wins out. Washington was a guy where he had to plan and organize out the land however Jefferson wanted it to just grow naturally, like it was suppose to. Guy named Thornton designed the Capital. Designed the trees to be parent trees to send out to the other states just as the capital sends out political views and the university sends out research. It is unifying the countries thoughts as one. Adams is practical. Does not care about the design as long as it is functional. He didn’t need to concern himself with the idea of spending money on the capital. All he wanted was a functional capital and a cheap one at that. The growth of the nation is seen through the eyes of the capital. Under Adams it was moving slow because he was focused on what was going on abroad. Adams and Jefferson besides politics while over in England, was looking at the gardens. Adams wants America to be practical. His garden is a refuge rather a symbol. When you trade with countries you need to be a little more reserved like the north but as the south they make they own shit and care for the land and that’s all they know and are scared of influences. Adams grew up in the city and Jefferson was a country boy from Virginia. That’s going to inform how the see the world. They childhood molds there political outlooks. The capital to look likes their personal views of the land.