Thomas Jefferson: Functionalist Or Anti-Federalist?

Thomas Jefferson served as our 3rd President of the United States, and to add to that, President Jefferson, at age 33, drafted the Declaration of Independence. It turns out, Jefferson can be more identified as an Anti-Federalist.This can be found evident through the fact that it seemed he opposed large government, and instead, stood for states’ rights. One supporting example that would seem to stand in favor of this is that Jefferson deeply rejected Hamilton’s National Bank. In spite of that, it seems that President Jefferson would soon act hypocritical in a way, due to the partaking in the tensely debated purchasing of the Louisiana Territory. His sole reasoning for employing such an action is that Jefferson felt a strong need to avoid any
and all conflict in America with the France that was under the control of Napoleon.
On to Andrew Jackson, Jackson seemed to be outside of the individuals who had led the nation since the time of independence further.
He was born of low class parents in bad financial standings, and also, to whom had next to no education with not a single relation to any politically important people. In other words, this guy had a lot of really tough adversities to overcome in order to achieve what he would soon perform. Soon, Jackson saw his first days of heroic might and popularity, which was the result of a great victory to which many of all americans had sought great joy in, the War of 1812. From this mighty performance, Jackson had accrued a strong relation and trust with the so called “common people”. To help explain what the “common people” were comprised of; like Jackson, this category of people were also not fortunate to live among or be connected with the important rulers, or in better terms, the cool group of Founding Fathers. Due to Jackson attracting such a large and strong relationship with these “common people”, his popularity skyrocketed. So at this time in which the popular vote influenced the electors strongly, Jackson managed to ascend to the position of such presidency. President Jackson offered much reform to the democratic motives and methods. These can range anywhere from the expanding of the suffrage, reaching to the restructuring of federal institutions. One way in which President Andrew Jackson would soon carry out these principles would reflect in the enacting of a war upon the Second Bank of the United States. Jackson wanted to find a way to remove the few rich, unelected private bankers who seemed to have a strong hand, or influence on the nation’s
economy.
These two presidents were much alike in many ways; one example would be their personal negative views on the Native Americans. It seemed that Jefferson refused to view the natives as an equal group and Jackson directly acted against them. President Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson are two very prized people to the democratic party. This can be made evident in the fact that a celebration is held by democrats on a day they coined “Jefferson Jackson Day”.