Compare And Contrast Democrats And Federalists

People often mistake the Federalist party and the Democratic- Republican party, even consider that they are the same things. There are a lot of similarities and differences between federalists and Democratic- Republican regarding social, economic, and political philosophies. Both parties were formed in 1791 and the Democratic- Republicans opposed the federalist in their foreign policy. The democratic- Republican were successful their early process, Federalists were dominating the national government until 1801.
The Democratic-Republican Party was created in 1791 by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson differing to Treasury Secretaries policy, Alexander Hamilton, and his Federalist Party. Some members of the party believed that a strong federal government would deteriorate the
Federalists believe in a strong federal system of governance, promotion of nationalistic government meanwhile the democratic- Republican believe in the promotion of the principles of republicanism over elitism. They both have different input of their philosophies too, the Democratic- Republicans believe and follow the Jeffersonian Democracy and Republicanism, while Federalist party follows Federalism, on the idea of industrialization and nationalism. Both parties also believed in liberty and freedom of the people. They opposed on every known issue. The Federalist Party believed in a strong central government while the Republican Party believed in the rights of the states. They reasoned saying that the liberty could only be protected if the power rested in the hands of the people. The Republicans had the view that the state could exercise powers only enumerated in the constitution. Federalists on other hand considered a loose reading of the constitution. They argued that state had the right to make laws necessary for the functioning of the government which were not forbidden by the